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Artesimo
Germany567 Posts
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Craton
United States17278 Posts
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Artesimo
Germany567 Posts
On April 28 2016 11:30 Craton wrote: 99.999% of the time if a login isn't working (and credentials are accurate), the issue is on the provider's end. The other 0.001% is when you're on some malicious site pretending to be the real one. Yeah, but of the 7 people I asked, everyone could log in, the sites adress was correct and my laptop got set up that day so it couldnt be some virus either. At the time, everything was pointing at me being the source of the problem since everything else seemed to be ruled out. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8808 Posts
is there anyway i can pinpoint exactly which service is slowing the browsers down? i dont exactly want to go through the entire list through trial and error... | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
On April 28 2016 11:30 Craton wrote: 99.999% of the time if a login isn't working (and credentials are accurate), the issue is on the provider's end. The other 0.001% is when you're on some malicious site pretending to be the real one. hehehe your numbers are accurate (good thing you mentioned the credentials), but misleading  :99,00% of the time if a login isn't working, the credentials are wrong, in 0,999% it's on the provider's end and the other 0,001% is when you're on some malicious site pretending to be the real one. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
and the other 0,001% is when you're on some malicious site pretending to be the real one. Those sites are actually very common On April 28 2016 18:54 evilfatsh1t wrote: so recently my browsers (firefox and chrome) have been taking forever to start up. im 90% sure its because of a service that windows is running, because when i disable most services on msconfig they boot up straight away again. is there anyway i can pinpoint exactly which service is slowing the browsers down? i dont exactly want to go through the entire list through trial and error... the resource monitor tool might be able to help you | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8808 Posts
any other way to weed out the particular service? | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8808 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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BlackCompany
Germany8388 Posts
I should have a 6 mbps download speed (that's what my provider promised at least), several websited for testing download speed have confirmed that (it was always somewhere between 5 and 6 mbps). However, every time i try to download something (either via google chrome, steam, origin or something else) i'm limited to about 0,7 mbps. It never exceeds 0,8 mpbs. Does anyone have an idea what could cause a drop-off like that in download speed? I've had this happen to three different computers in the last 6 or so months now. Is this most likely a computer problem? A router problem or a provider problem? Edit: to clarify: It has always been that slow, it never has been faster. But i've had enough of it so i'm trying to fix it now  | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
Example: 6 mbps = 6 mega-bit-per-second = 6000 kilo-bit-per-second = (6000 / 8) kilo-byte-per-second = 750 kilo-byte-per-second = 750 KB/s | ||
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BlackCompany
Germany8388 Posts
On May 02 2016 06:42 Ropid wrote: Are you perhaps confusing "bits" and "bytes"? Example: 6 mbps = 6 mega-bit-per-second = 6000 kilo-bit-per-second = (6000 / 8) kilo-byte-per-second = 750 kilo-byte-per-second = 750 KB/s That might indeed be the case. I always assumed the shortform "kb/second" would mean kilo-bit per second. So it's most likely kilo-byte per second i guess? Then that would definetly solve my problem by showing me i know even less than i thought haha. Thanks! Edit. i think my math/unterstanding was simply stupid. I rememmbered that 1 mbit equals roughly 1000 kilobit so i thought my download speed should be 6000 kb/s while i always had 750kb/s. However if kb aint kilobit then that math obviously encounters some problems | ||
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Craton
United States17278 Posts
ISP speeds are almost always listed in the "bit" form, usually megabits per second (mbps, mb/s, Mb/s, etc). Software typically reports speeds in the "byte" form (MBps, MB/s, mB/s, etc). So if you get 8mb/s from your ISP, that's equivalent to 1MB/s or 1024KB/s. For technical reasons you'll usually see a bit less than what the ISP claims to give you. If you see significantly less then it could be a number of things ranging anywhere from your hardware not supporting fast enough speeds to shady ISP practices. | ||
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BlackCompany
Germany8388 Posts
On May 02 2016 15:01 Craton wrote: KB (capital B) is kilobyte. Kb (lowercase B) is kilobit. In all standard usages 1 byte is 8 bits and, with the exception of disk storage, 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes, 1 megabyte is 1024 kilobytes, etc. For disk storage (the as-advertised capacity, not what you see in your OS), for reasons I've ranted about in the past, one kilobyte is 1000 bytes. If you see a lowercase i in the middle (e.g. KiB) it's an attempt at making the distinction that it is actually referring to the "1024" scale, but the lower/uppercase B still applies as to bit vs byte. ISP speeds are almost always listed in the "bit" form, usually megabits per second (mbps, mb/s, Mb/s, etc). Software typically reports speeds in the "byte" form (MBps, MB/s, mB/s, etc). So if you get 8mb/s from your ISP, that's equivalent to 1MB/s or 1024KB/s. For technical reasons you'll usually see a bit less than what the ISP claims to give you. If you see significantly less then it could be a number of things ranging anywhere from your hardware not supporting fast enough speeds to shady ISP practices. Wow that's more complicated than i thought. I seem to get roughly what i should get, from 6 mbps to 5,5mbps ain't that bad i guess. Thanks for the explanation! | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8808 Posts
i get 80megabits on speedtest but i have never heard of anyone getting even remotely close to 10mb/s direct dl speed | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
I'm not sure how it works in Australia, but assuming that Australia is a relatively remote country and alot of servers aren't based in Aus, but in US or EU or Azia (this is assumption, I have absolutely no clue if this is true or not), it will be hard to get maximum download speed from a server that is far away. Would you, for instance download something from a server which is <200km away, which has sufficient upload speed, you should be able to download a near 10mb/s. In real-world scenarios, this would probably be closer to 9mb/s than 10mb/s, but it should be near that. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8808 Posts
ive hit 8mb/s in korea downloading from korean servers, but korea is also ranked 1 in the world for internet speed. never knew you could get these speeds in other countries too | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
On May 02 2016 20:08 evilfatsh1t wrote: wait...so some people in other countries actually download things at 10mb/s that arent torrents? ive hit 8mb/s in korea downloading from korean servers, but korea is also ranked 1 in the world for internet speed. never knew you could get these speeds in other countries too I can download up to 21mb/s with my (consumer) home internet edit; 8mb/s is pretty much very outdated. You can buy Fiber here in the Netherlands, which is 500mbps/500mpbs, where you would be able to download more than 50mb/s. It would cost about 45$ USD/month for that | ||
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SChlafmann
France725 Posts
On May 02 2016 20:08 evilfatsh1t wrote: Yep, I confirm that most European countries could get that high on direct download speed. I have a 100mbps connection in France, downloading at 12MB/s. Say hello to my 30s TV shows downloads. Also, French language is the sh*t. Byte = Octet in french, so no confusion possible with the B/b stuff. | ||
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