100Mpbs Slow Af?

[EasonIDontKnowAnything]

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[ProjectBox153]

Elaborate. Is this networking? Storage? 

[EasonIDontKnowAnything]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Elaborate. Is this networking? Storage? 

network fam

[ItsTheYoshi]

No, not unless you are doing file transfers on a local connection.

[ProjectBox153]

If you're just copying files, 100 Mbps is fine. That is really good speed. 

[NinJake]

Nope. I'm even happy with 30 down 5 up.

[Natsoup]

U.S. Average is 54 mbps. You're doing fine

[Ctown0812]

14 minutes ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said:

 

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If thats the speed you're getting from your ISP, that's actually pretty good.

[dalekphalm]

6 hours ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said:

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Your post is incredibly vague and unhelpful.

 

Are you talking about ISP Connection speed? LAN speed?

 

Slow compared to what? What is your problem? Are you experiencing slow speeds, or are you asking whether 100Mbps will be suitable for you?

 

100Mbps is equal to around 12.5 MB/s transfer speed. If you're just doing web browsing, etc, 100 Mbps is totally fine. If you're doing file transfers to a NAS or Server (backups, or maybe loading files onto a Media server, etc), then your transfer speeds will be pretty slow for large files. Still usable, just time consuming.

 

Eg: If you copy a 1GB movie file onto your media server, it will take around 82 seconds to complete, which is 1 minute and 22 seconds. Is that a long time? Not really, but 1GB file isn't particularly huge when dealing with media, so your needs will determine whether that's too slow for you or not.

 

Also, LAN's often don't perform at full "hypothetical" speeds, due to driver overhead, filesystem overhead, poor quality NIC's, slow HDD's, etc. You might get the full 12.5 MB/s, or you might get closer to 8-10 MB/s.

[AJ-Goodrich]

I just got a new connection (Billing code) setup with Comcast because I work FOR them ... as a contractor. I am not an employee. It was local tv, a free 1 year of a DVR and a Extreme 250 internet with a normal 25mb internet. It has added up to 300/30 via speedtests. I won't ever actually see that speed unless I have a sustained download.I consider it no different than 180/10 except on the sustained downloads only.