On Saturday 23 April 2005 09:02, El Winters wrote: > > Hi,I'm a home user of the CDMA 2000 series phone set > > for a dial-up access to the internet provided by MTN. > > MTN & its manual says the internet speeds reach > > 150kbps > > I think that's the speed between your box and [hopefully the nearest] base > station and not to the webserver serving the webpage you wish to download.
Well, the best way to test this is to ping/trace to a box sitting on the provider's network (not requiring external connectivity), or better yet, download a page/file from a web or FTP server on their LAN. > I'm not sure how they've customised their infrastructure, but it would be > good to know how much bw is available between these base stations and the > central controller at HQ or wherever...That could be the bottleneck. Typically, backhaul capacity between basestations via microwave is an E-1 (about 2Mbps), also depending on whether there are any mux'es at the station, and if so, how many. However, if there's congestion, additional capacity is added. In fact, now that some GSM operators are fibring up major towns, running fibre between the base stations should solve backhaul capacity issues. Mark. > > >but it feels like the 14.4kbps modems i read > > about.I connect to webpages at 8kbps and download > > files at 3kbps, what could be causing this > > unbelievabley slooooow connection? > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
