What download speeds can I expect with 3 Mbps?

I'm about to subscribe to an ISP, so far I've been aiming towards Verizon becaue they provide free equipment while AT&T requires you to pay 50-70$ for just a modem that converts your phone line to Ethernet. It says I can get 3 Mbps which is 768k download. But realistically what download speedscan I expect with 3 Mbps? Cuz it obviously never really is at it's max.

Verizion is DSL I believe. Either way, 3 Mbps is 300 kb/s. A 56K dial up modem will give you download speeds of about 4 kb/s, so doing the math, a 3 Mbps connecting is pretty fast. It's not the fastest, but fast. Good for gaming.dog64

56K should actually be around 7 KB/s.Erasorn

Nope ;) A good 56k connection will get you around 5.5kb/s. But most of the time you'd be hard pressed to reach 4 - 4.5kb/s

[QUOTE="Erasorn"]56K should actually be around 7 KB/s.Celldrax

Nope ;) A good 56k connection will get you around 5.5kb/s. But most of the time you'd be hard pressed to reach 4 - 4.5kb/s

[QUOTE="Celldrax"]

[QUOTE="Erasorn"]56K should actually be around 7 KB/s.Erasorn

Nope ;) A good 56k connection will get you around 5.5kb/s. But most of the time you'd be hard pressed to reach 4 - 4.5kb/s

It's because it's dial-up.....it's impossible to consistently download at the maximum 56k speed, let alone reach that kind of speed in the first place. But sometimes it's exeeded speeds of around 20kb/s towards the end of a download.....which is epic wtf btw.

I'm about to subscribe to an ISP, so far I've been aiming towards Verizon becaue they provide free equipment while AT&T requires you to pay 50-70$ for just a modem that converts your phone line to Ethernet. It says I can get 3 Mbps which is 768k download. But realistically what download speedscan I expect with 3 Mbps? Cuz it obviously never really is at it's max.

HunidRacks

I don't think you did your math right because 375 is 1/8 of 3000.

375 is your max download rate.