download speeds of 340-350 mbs on linux laptop

jimmieveges · 03-13-2016, 08:15 PM

last year after loading up linux on my laptop i was testing and was getting avg. speed of 340-350 mbs max 535 . i was wondering what others out there where acheiving

astrogeek · 03-13-2016, 08:19 PM

Welcome to LQ!

I think that you need to qualify that a little better for it to be meaningful.

Average speed of... what exactly? Network? Internet through router? File transfer? HTTP? Disk access? Throughput of some application?

You might also want to tell us what the hardware, distro and test conditions were for comparison.

My old slow DSL won't be in the competition...

sgosnell · 03-13-2016, 10:57 PM

Download speed depends mostly on the internet connection, not the OS. There is no way to make accurate comparisons between locations across the world, or indeed in the US, because the ISPs provide such a wide variety of connection speeds, even in the same cities, for different prices. It also depends heavily on the site you're downloading from. If the server is slow, the download will be slow regardless of the available bandwidth.

jimmieveges · 03-21-2016, 04:51 AM

i did this using a laptop and an isp modem on the net from ontario canada to texas using high speed cable lines

jimmieveges · 03-21-2016, 04:54 AM

i beg to differ os is everything when doing this microsoft just doesnt come close ive tried ive been doing this for a long time

sgosnell · 03-21-2016, 01:32 PM

High speed cable lines?

jimmieveges · 03-21-2016, 03:10 PM

i did it with rogers canada they currently have 1ghz lines going coming to my area soon i did this all on cable lines primrily

astrogeek · 03-21-2016, 03:15 PM

...cable lines, all, primarily, going coming to my area soon... what does that mean?

michaelk · 03-21-2016, 04:03 PM

As stated speed depends mostly on the type of broadband service (including hardware) and what plan you purchased. If you are getting download speeds of 350 Mbps then you probably have fiber running to your house (I assume). If you took your laptop to another location that did not have fiber or if it was using a lower cost plan your download speed would be different regardless of operating system. Roger's offers plans with download speeds from 5 Mbps - 1 Gbps.

jimmieveges · 03-21-2016, 05:43 PM

a faster speed