elchebib
Hey guys,
I always wondered why does download speed starts out very high and then comes down until they reach my alloted connection speed (512 kbps). During the days of dial-up, that used to happen too.
As an example to clarify stuff, I was downloading the other day a video file where the download speed started out at 200 kb/s and then gradually went down to 64kb/s. Why does that happen?
nuclearcat
Faulty software that estimates speed.
Usually it is browser, it buffers data till user press confirmation dialog, and then incorrectly counting this data coming from buffer - as received from internet with high speed.
elchebib
So its the software fault..... Thanks.....
gamer4life
Yes it might be a software fault, but I once read on the internet that a good isp should give more speed then what you choose, and then lock you to the speed you chose example: I had 512kb speed mobi, and I noticed that they were giving me a 1mb but I was locked to 512kb at day, and in the double speed service they unlock me and give me 1mb, but what I noticed during the day is that the speed also starts like you said more then what I have then goes back to the normal 512 speed.
kareem_nasser
Or a packet loss or request time out then suddenly burst them all at the same it this happens if you noticed any stopping.
moonchild
I dunno why none of you thought about caching
eurybaric
isn't this feature called Burst? for example double the bandwidth for the first 2 MBs and then back to normal for the rest of the dl
MegaCool
Yes thats burst enabled speed, it happens with me sometimes on visp, first 2 mb gets downloaded at a 100+KB/s then gets down to the regular speed..nothings faulty here.
