Slow Internet Speeds (Browsing, Downloading, and Updating)

okay lets forget about torrents right now. too many variables... lets just see if you decent speed with simple speed test:

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Here are my results

Download Speed 4835 kbps
Upload Speed 487 kbps

thats fantastic! I only get:

Download Speed: 20662 kbps (2582.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3484 kbps (435.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

so it seems that your speeds are very good. you know that your hardware and drivers are working in ubuntu, so what software are you using that seems slow? if its ktorrent make sure you have properly configured port forwarding on your router so you have an open port for torrents. also you may want to try the bt programs Deluge or Vuze.

Browsing and downloading in Firefox is slow.
Downloading new programs through the Add/Remove Applications program is slow.
Downloading torrents with ktorrent is slow (although I haven't even attempted port forwarding yet).
Updating Ubuntu was slow.

Pretty much anything that uses the internet seems to be limited to 40KB/sec down and 15KB/sec up. It's good to know that it doesn't appear to be a compatibility issue with my hardware or drivers, but what else might cause slow speeds on everything??

Download Speed 4835 kbps
Upload Speed 487 kbps

Download Speed: 20662 kbps
Upload Speed: 3484 kbps

Looks like top2 are faster than bottom 2? Am i just missing something?

The second stats (20662 and 3484) are nhasian's stats, not mine.

Ok but 4835 < 20662 surely ? Isn't kbps = kilobytes per second ? So your stats are about 1/4th of nhasian's?

Yes, 4835 < 20662, but his internet speeds have nothing to do with mine.
I am using a cable modem and my test results are average for my connection (at least here in Canada).
I don't know how nhasian connects his computer but he get much better speeds than me.
kpbs = kilobits (8 bits = 1 byte)

However, my problem is that my speeds are around 40 kilobytes per second when using any internet related software in ubuntu.
I am not able to obtain the 600 kilobytes per second my connection is capable of.

Hope this clears things up.

Oh right. I thought i was missing the point somewhere. thanks for helping me there. I hope we can sort this out soon. I think it' even later at night for nhasian than it is for me here and i got to sleep. See you tomorrow :)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Thanks for contributing. I hope I can figure this out soon too.

Please follow the link to the Questions/Answers forum and repost the question, keep it brief tho! Only the latest posted questions get looked at so reposting just before america arrives online gives your
question a better chance of being answered.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

AdBlock Plus helped my speed seem a lot faster

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online after work/school gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)