what if the difference when downloading music between T3 T1 cable/DSL and Modern?
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Modem is snail-speed (28kbps), DSL much much faster (up to 1GB transfer), T1/T3 the fastest of the lot (this is where you want to go.  Good luck.\n\nTake an example:\n\nyou want to download an mp3 song that is 4MB in size.  If you download from someone:\n\nwith a modem = > 1 hours\nwith DSL (broadband) = 2 - 3 minutes\nwith T1/T3 (eathernet) = less than a 1 minute !!\n\nSpeed will also depend on how YOU connected.  if you have a modem and download from DSL or T1/T3 it will still be slow obviously. But if you have broadband and choose to download from a broadband user it will be fast!!
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Ouch.  Time to hit Ebay, if your old modem only had USB on the LAN side....  Fortunately lots of people sell DSL modems for not too much.  Try to use the same brand as your old one, just get a model  that has Ethernet output (so if your old modem was a Westell, get another one)
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search for spped test at the net , if ur speed matches the test , then its ok , for browsing no need to upgrade the pc , also the dsl is limited to ur subscription speed , 256,512 , ...
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Upgrading your connection speed will definitly help.  I went from a dial up connection to 1.5mb and my downloads are, on the average, about 12 minutes faster.
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It is, but it is negligible... think about the audio quality you are sacrificing going from CD to MP3, which is MUCH bigger of a jump than 192 to 128... do you notice it, really?\n\nI go for lowest quality to save disc space and it doesn't effect my listening pleasure.\nOf course, I grew up on LPs so....
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Try www.frostwire.com (basically Limewire without the crap).\n\nMake sure if you're using a router, you port-forward appropriately.  I won't go into this, but email me if you need info.
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BellSouth has a $25/mo plan. It is 256/128. I have that at my office and it is more than adequite. If you notice most sites only let you download at 150kbs to 350kbs. Unless you are running several computer or updating computers while trying to surf the net you will not notice the difference. \ni did a major security update for a customer today, AVG, Spybot, SpywareGuard, SpyBlaster, Defender, and SyGate and they never topped 300kbs and that was with Cox Cable at my home. 6Mb&#92;768kbs. Tell BellSouth you want to downgrade to the DSL Lite package. They do not care. \nFYI Cox offers a similar package of 256kbs/256kbs for $25/mo
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You ISP may have something to do with it. \nBut no matter. If you are looking to download large files and not individual songs. As suggested in answer 1, use a torrent program. "uTorrent" is user friendly, and quick to setup. If you spend some time "tweaking" it, you can download at 100 - 200 kbps.(read the tutorials from options)
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Differences are that they are different clients software.  I use Limewire which is real good if you know what you are looking for and how to look out for it.
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Not sure that will matter but your not going to get 2MB no matter what they say. \n\nwhat do you see from DSL Reports and others? Are you in EVDO or 1x?
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It and other Modern programs like it are like that.  And my experience was it would take me over a week to download one things on these newest types of these programs >.<\n\nTherefore,.. I avoid it,..  I suggest you hope there is a video version of it you can listen to instead on http://www.youtube.com  but that might not be convient for what requirements you are trying to fill.
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check your internet download and upload speeds here\n\nDownload Speed\nhttp://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/Bandwidth.asp\n(Ex.  Mine is 5081Kb/sec)\n\nUpload Speed\nhttp://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/BandwidthUp.asp\n(Ex. Mine is 1295Kb/sec)\n\npost the results.  Contact your ISP and ask them if they are having problems and see if they can tell you what your DL and UL speeds SHOULD be.\n\nAlso, in response to funQT's post below, deleting your cookies is fine - but your temporary internet files, while they can and should be deleted every so often, actually speeds up your system.  Certain content on websites is downloaded directly to your PC for faster access when you revisit the page.  Instead of loading everything again from the internet, it loads directly from your hard drive - thus increasing the speed in which the page loads.  For pages that are uploaded frequently, you will want to delete this to get the latest version of the page, not the old version that was cached.\n\nCheck for spyware, as well.\n\nFirst of all, in response to notrix, not everybody has the "two computer" icons when connected to the internet through broadband.  I know I don't.  \n\nIf you click the links I posted above the websites will test your download and upload speeds.  You may want to try it a few times and get an average.  24Mb/sec is probably the internal transfer rate of your network card, not your actual external net speed.  If you are using newer DSL service (they've recently upgraded their speeds), you can expect to get anywhere from 256Kb/sec to 3Mb/sec download and 128Kb/sec to 1Mb/sec upload on average (just a ballpark, I didn't actually research the speeds) - this is also dependant on what type of service you have with the provider.  Usually they offer multiple options where you can pay more to get faster connections.  However, with DSL - the farther you are from the host, the slower your connection.  Whereas with cable, the distance is not a factor, but the number of people online that are in your specific node will affect speeds.
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Yes DSL is much faster although cable would be even faster.\nThe difference between 768k and 3mbps is that your download speed can go that high but only if your close to the server. That means that the farther you are from your service provider the slower your speed is going to be.(CATCH MY DRIFT). The same goes for your upstream. So the bottom line is dsl is much faster  depending on how far you live from the server.\nAs for the 20 minute download, It would take approximately 2 minutes for it to download on 768k and approximately 30 sec. on 3.0mbps. I recommend going with cable because its always on and your speed doesn't suffer because of where you live so think carefully. Bye and enjoy..
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Be sure that the fios is really that speed at that price.  The website below talks about slower speeds.  While the technology may be capable of 50Mbps, the ISP might actually give you less.\nIn any case, the T3 Full Unlimited is the full 45 Mbps, while the Fractional is some part of that as agreed on by you with the ISP.  But Fully Burstable likely means that you can go up to the full 45Mbps but only for short bursts of data.
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If you're dialing changing ISP's will probably not work. \n\nIf you're connecting at 26k it seems to me like you have either a really old modem or perhaps faulty wiring or even just line noise.\n\nI would switch to some form of broadband access imediately. DSL is good but Cable is faster.
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The capacity of a single T3 is 44.736 Mbps.  In full duplex, you're just splitting that between the up and down.  To get 90 Mbps, you'd need two T3s.
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The difference you report in DSL download speeds is due to the oversubscription of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) from the DSLAM to the Internet.\n\nTry to use the Speedtests below and select a test site within your own country.\n\nBe sure to run the Speed Tweak Test to optimize your computer first -- it made my computer download x4 faster.\n\nThe DSL modem will report the access speed (perhaps at the 512 kbps you purchased), the Speedtest will show the Internet download speed from different countries.\n\nAsk your ISP for a service with a different oversubscription rate -- and what is the additional fee?