I am trying to get a connection in my house because I don't use an internet connection. I have always used an hotspot or a neighbors wireless connection but I want my own. So, far as I know Verizon DSL looks appealing, however does anyone download big files from it?

I download big files from my neighbors or from a hotspot they used Comcast Cable internet or another high end DSL, but I don't know what most hotspots used for there internet connection, and I know that Cable is a lot faster but even with the wireless connection I downloaded torrents that on had an download speed, on average 80KB/s or 80 Kilobytes(I hope I got that right) a second, but I was fine with that because as long it downloads maybe a three quarters of a gig a day I'm happy.

Verizon DSL says that could download at about 1.5MBps second to about 386KBbps on a download average, but I know this as a come on and I think that it is just a ploy to attract new customers as myself. But I want to know is, does anyone here use Verizon DSL to download huge files that could be one gig or more or, is that impossible?

I just want what people use so I could get a clear picture. I searched the internet to understand average download speed but they were either not helpful or too technical.

I have a DSL connection of 1Mb, my maximum download speed is around 110KB/s, and I download files (through torrents) over 1GB all the time, even a 25GB file once. But I never downloaded anything too big from direct downloads because if I get disconnected while doing it I have to start downloading it again and my internet gets disconnected often.
To me 300Kb/s would be a luxury, but I think that having 60-80Kb/s as average speed isn't so bad and doesn't stop me from downloading big files.

Yeah, that is about want I need because I download torrents that are on average 7gigs to download may take me a week to download it, but I think that is okay for me.

I agree with you that big direct downloads are unacceptable to me because of the reason you just stated.

I download torrents a lot. The largest ive downloaded was about 8gigs. cant say it would be a fast download though. Usually takes at least a week for me to download 8 gigs leaving my labtop on about 8 to 10 hours a day.

I downloaded the other day 45 GB file using a torrent... I know, its a bit intimidating doing something that big, but if you have it correctly configured, it can be lightning fast. The 45 GB file of Naruto and a 40 GB file of Inuyasha, along with many many files exceeding 10 GB of data. For Naruto and Inuyasha, each took about 3 days to finish in its entirety and that was with my connection bombing at a peak of nearly 2 MB/sec and a low of about 50 KB/sec... That was with a desktop with LAN connection and comcast service. I usually will set up my torrent not to run below a 10 KB/sec download so that it will have a minimum speed along with going a bit quicker without bogging my computers RAM down too much. Usually I have up to 5 torrents downloading at once and all completed ones on que for uploading. Uploading at about 3 MB/sec usually. If you want to go for a torrent download, I'd suggest using Utorrent. It keeps the programs size to a minimum while maximizing on options, unlike Azureus which has become somewhat ineffective in my opinion. But yeah, that's my two cents.

Dandoan

I downloaded the other day 45 GB file using a torrent... I know, its a bit intimidating doing something that big, but if you have it correctly configured, it can be lightning fast. The 45 GB file of Naruto and a 40 GB file of Inuyasha, along with many many files exceeding 10 GB of data. For Naruto and Inuyasha, each took about 3 days to finish in its entirety and that was with my connection bombing at a peak of nearly 2 MB/sec and a low of about 50 KB/sec... That was with a desktop with LAN connection and comcast service. I usually will set up my torrent not to run below a 10 KB/sec download so that it will have a minimum speed along with going a bit quicker without bogging my computers RAM down too much. Usually I have up to 5 torrents downloading at once and all completed ones on que for uploading. Uploading at about 3 MB/sec usually. If you want to go for a torrent download, I'd suggest using Utorrent. It keeps the programs size to a minimum while maximizing on options, unlike Azureus which has become somewhat ineffective in my opinion. But yeah, that's my two cents.

I already know how fast Comcast Cable can be. All I want to know if you can download big files like 15+gigs on a DSL connection or more specifically Verizon DSL that can run up to 1.5MBps to 356MBps a second?

Torrents are good for downloading big files but that is not what I was asking. I know, more or less, to know about torrent programs and their file sharing. All I want is to know if a DSL can download such big files in a reasonable amount of time. On a Comcast wireless connection the most I ever got in a huge download was 600/KBps only because that torrent just came out and everybody was sharing. So in response ended up with really fast download.

I downloaded that torrent which was roughly 13gigs and I downloaded that in a day. But other torrents took almost a week and mostly downloaded at about 80/KBps and and that torrent was smaller from 3gigs to about 8gigs took a week even with a Comcast cable.

I want to know is can a DSL line run about one gig a day to download? If it can I will be happy, but this tread is also about other people who have DSL connections.

Ah I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't read into it well enough Um but here might help you a bit more. I'm not sure if you I could help you more seeing as how I don't use verizon but hopefully this does.

Click here for the DSL speed with Verizon. Hopefully this helps a little

Dandoan

Ah I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't read into it well enough emoticon Um but here might help you a bit more. I'm not sure if you I could help you more seeing as how I don't use verizon but hopefully this does.

Click here for the DSL speed with Verizon. Hopefully this helps a little

Thats okay, thanks for your input.

I'll look at this thread.
Because I am going to order the service since at the moment I can't afford Cable. But I will only have it for a limited time, perhaps a year since if it doesn't go well I'll search for another service provider.

Internet connection speeds are measured in Kbps or Mbps - that is, Kilo bits or Mega bits per second. Download speeds as reported by your browser/download management software/BitTorrent client/etc, on the other hand, are measured in KB/s or MB/s - Kilo bytes or Mega bytes per second. 1 byte is equal to 8 bits, so to get the theoretical maximum download speed you can reach on any given DSL connection, you would have to divide the number by 8. A 1Mbps DSL connection will thus give a maximum of 128KB/s, which over the course of 24 hours will yield a maximum of 11059200KB, or 1.05GB. So yes, it's theoretically possible to download a 1GB torrent in a day, but in practice it will never happen due to overhead (not to mention you would have to do nothing else that uses the internet connection at all for the entire duration).

And there is no 384Mbps DSL. DSL technology currently maxes out at 10MBps in the US (AT&T offers it, not sure if Verizon does), and even that is very limited in availability (there are requirements with regard to distance to local switch station and line quality for DSL speeds).

~GokieKS

And there is no 384Mbps DSL. DSL technology currently maxes out at 10MBps in the US (AT&T offers it, not sure if Verizon does), and even that is very limited in availability (there are requirements with regard to distance to local switch station and line quality for DSL speeds).

Sorry that was a typo. I meant 356KBps.

356MBps HOLY COW! Where do I sign up!?

Fiber optic connections of 1Gbps are available (or will soon be available) in Japan, and likely South Korea as well. Here in the US, Verizon also offers fiber optic connections (FiOS) in select areas, but I think 50Mbps is the maximum.

I download lots of large files, most of them about 1GB. The largest file that I have downloaded so far is 2.4GB. My broadband connection is 384Kbps, and my usual download speed is about 30-50kbps. It is still somewhat slow by today's standards but it gets the job done. 1GB files usually take more than a week, but my PC only runs about 3hrs a day during weekdays and 15-18hrs on weekends. I use torrents for these large files.

I largely have to wonder what the point of your question is. All you're asking for is anecdotal heresay from people who are not going to necessarily have the same real world speeds as yourself.

Your download speed is the factor of three things;

Your connections maximum download bandwidth - this is what the provider quotes and controls. It's the theoretical maximum that your connection can transfer incoming data at.

The route to the download source - data that has to travel further will take longer.

The download sources upload bandwidth - the theoretical limit that the host can send outgoing data as determined by their connection provider.

In the case of a torrent download, you're looking at multiple streams of data (dependant on seeds and peers) and the end download speed will be the total taking into account each sources route and upload speeds.

You're better off going by the specs specified by the providers as they are the only consistant measure in the equation.

It doesn't really matter if you've got a cable-connection or a DSL-connection. You have to watch for the speed: for torrenting, it's nice to have a fast upload-speed. Otherwise, your upload/download-ratio will get too low and then your download-speed will be limited by the peers/tracker. I have used a 3000/512 kbit (down/up) connection for three years, and that's fast enough for downloading big torrents (like Dandoan says).

However; a more imporant problem: Comcast seems to regulate torrent-traffic on their network. They send 'reset-packages' so your torrents will go slower. For torrenting, I wouldn't use a Comcast-connection.

I downloaded 16GB (gigabyte) torrent in a day and a half (36 hours) with my 10M/2M DSL connection from Hinet (Taiwan) with no cap and no throttling. And it only costs approximately $33 USD per month. Anyways, that's not the main point of this reply.

What you SHOULD do before you get your connection is to check whether or not that ISP throttles your BT bandwidth. I used Rogers Cable (Canada) for years and it's a pain in the [you know what] because you simply can't upload at decent speed with BT, and if you don't upload fast in BT, you generally don't download fast with it.

All calculations I see above *assumes* that you are downloading at max speed. But if your ISP is using dirty little tricks to hinder your connection, I doubt that you will see your downloads go at max speed all the time. Anyways, do the research! Tis worth it because they will tie you down with a contract or something, and then it's too late...