Capped upload speed?

BEUH-RACING.com · #1 12-17-2007, 06:39 AM

I asked this question to a sales rep before signing up.
They told me that neither the download nor upload speed has been capped.
I asked this, because I am currently at bluehost, and they cap their upload to 56kbyte/s. Verry annoying if you have a fast connection but you cant use it for uploading files to your own site.

Once I signed up and got the account information I tested this right away. And what do you think? My upload bounces against the 58kbyte/s mark.

I tested with speedtest to see what my upload at least should be to Dallas tx.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/212869029.png
799kbit/s = 97.534kbyte/s

My full speed is
http://www.speedtest.net/result/212868311.png

Could anyone tell me if there is or isnt a limit?
Thanks

gtgeorge · #2 12-17-2007, 07:57 AM

I don;t think HG puts any limits to upload or download speed. The tests you are referencing shows quite a distance to the server which "would" affect your speeds.

You might want to upload the "mini" speedtest available from speedtest.net and run a test from your server. I have found that ftp uploads and downloads are affected more so by distance/line quality.

Also, does the upload speed start off fast and progressivly slow down.

BEUH-RACING.com · #3 12-17-2007, 08:41 AM

I had put the mini already online and it gets me even lower speeds. 332kbits/s. http://www.beuh-racing.com/mini/

However I am at home now. Previous tests were done at work.
With the mini I get the slow speed, but now on ftp I upload with 70kbyte/s
Thats not bad if you think my max is 80kbyte/s. So 10kbyte/s loss is more than acceptable.
I dont know why my upload at work (wich is double the speed is what I have home) is so low.

At least I am confident now that its not the HostGator but something else.

On the plus side, I maxed out the download speed of my isp on the Mini speedtest. Thats something I wouldnt even dared to dream. HostGator is really fast!

Thanks for your help!

gtgeorge · #4 12-17-2007, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BEUH-RACING.com

I had put the mini already online and it gets me even lower speeds. 332kbits/s. http://www.beuh-racing.com/mini/

However I am at home now. Previous tests were done at work.
With the mini I get the slow speed, but now on ftp I upload with 70kbyte/s
Thats not bad if you think my max is 80kbyte/s. So 10kbyte/s loss is more than acceptable.
I dont know why my upload at work (wich is double the speed is what I have home) is so low.

At least I am confident now that its not the HostGator but something else.

On the plus side, I maxed out the download speed of my isp on the Mini speedtest. Thats something I wouldnt even dared to dream. HostGator is really fast!

Thanks for your help!

Glad you got it figured out. They may have the speed throttled at work and/or others using the same connection? Might want to ask the sys admin for the work network about it, unless they may not want you to connect to it during work.

BEUH-RACING.com · #5 12-18-2007, 02:40 AM

I am currently uploading at work with 190kbyte/s

Whohoooo

Jordanlw · #6 12-18-2007, 03:38 AM

Im having reduced speeds when i upload..
Average of 20-40KBps (Upload), I should be getting double..

ghpk · #7 12-18-2007, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordanlw

Im having reduced speeds when i upload..
Average of 20-40KBps (Upload), I should be getting double..

certain ISP's may have upload speed cap too, so do a couple of speed tests or ask your ISP, in my 6+yrs expeirence on webhosting and been Hostgator customer for 3yrs now, i see mostly the speed issues results to problems with individual ISP's.

Jordanlw · #8 12-18-2007, 06:24 PM

Of course my ISP caps D/U
Im on a 8000/350Kbps And i receive 1MBps Down..,

prj · #9 12-23-2007, 08:50 AM

Someone kinda missed the difference between kbit/s and kbyte/s.

Your connection looks like a casual ITU G.992.1/2 ADSL connection with uncapped download (theoretical max 8mbit/s or 1mbyte/sec) and capped upload (theoretical max 350kbit/s = 43.75kbyte/sec).

Your upload speed seems fine for your connection, considering that ADSL connection quality is heavily influenced by your distance of the exchange, and there is also some protocol overhead associated with PPPoE/PPPoA/ATM encapsulation.

So I kinda don't see what you are complaining about

#10 01-05-2008, 07:08 AM

Hey everyone.

I have a connection speed of 1500/256 but it seems to me I am not getting the right amount of upload speed it says it has (256)

I live in QLD and I put as the host for Sydney and this is what I got

http://www.speedtest.net/result/218724623.png

And I know that is not right

Can anyone help me to get the max Upload speed?