[d0ug]

What kind of download speeds do you get from DoD? I am currently getting about 3.6mbit my cable connection is 7mbit. I highly suspect that my cable company Brighthouse in Tampa is throttling DoD connections. The hightest speed ive never noticed during DoD downloads is about 4mbit

I am downloading some HD shows off DoD right now and have MRTG on my router, you can view the download speeds here http://www.d0ug.com/mrtg/BEFSX41.html

 

[DIRECTVFREAK101]

I run off comcast the average time for a whole 30 min episode is 10 mins for me.

 

[Wisegoat]

Time Warner 12MB service.

I download at the maximum rate that DirecTV uploads at: 5.25MB/s (give or take).

There is a thread somewhere around here that says that is the max speeds from their servers.

If you have 3MB service, you should still be able to start watching SD or HD downloads withing 60 seconds of intitiation.

I can start within 30 seconds. I can't physically get back to the List faster than that!

 

[davring]

Most downloads run at approxamately 3-4 mbps. That has been my experience anyway, I suspect not all content comes from the same servers.

 

[d0ug]

If you have 3MB service, you should still be able to start watching SD or HD downloads withing 60 seconds of intitiation.

I have their 7mbit service. I can watch SD on demand realtime with no problems. The problem comes with HD on demand. Even if I let an an average 1hr HD show buffer to 50% and then start watching, I will usually hit the end of the buffer before the show ends.

Most downloads run at approxamately 3-4 mbps. That has been my experience anyway, I suspect not all content comes from the same servers.

This is about what I am seeing at my router. So maybe brighthouse isn't throttling. I left a bunch of HD shows downloading overnight, if you look at my MRTG graph you can see it http://www.d0ug.com/mrtg/BEFSX41.html Being this was all though the middle of the night, local cable network congestion shouldn't have been a problem. I also didnt have anything else downloading though my internet connection overnight, so all but maybe 1-2% of that usage is DoD

 

[veryoldschool]

Back when VOD first came out, I had cable [Suddenlink] and the only time I could get my "3Mb/s" download was during the middle of the night.
"Sometimes" my 3Mb/s was only 10% [over time]. Cable services can really show how bad they're being managed with VOD.
I changed over to DSL [5Mb/s] and haven't looked back [after a year of "fighting"/trying to help Suddenlink fix their problem]. Same speed anytime day or night.
"Bucket list" [1080p] took about 50% longer to download than the length of the movie.

 

[mephisto]

I get about 6 Mbit/sec download speed with my 10 Mbit connection.

 

[Grydlok]

I get about 6 Mbit/sec download speed with my 10 Mbit connection.

what?

 

[mephisto]

what?

I have 10Mbit/sec cable connection and download at 6Mbit/sec from DirecTV if I download single VOD movie. If I download multiple at the same time then I max out my connection.

 

[Grydlok]

I have 10Mbit/sec cable connection and download at 6Mbit/sec from DirecTV if I download single VOD movie. If I download multiple at the same time then I max out my connection.

Impossible on a 10 meg connection. Your transfer rate would only be 1.2 to 1.7 peak.

 

[gfrang]

I have Comcrap 6 down 1 up. I just have one word for it slow. I down load what i want overnight and watch it next day.

 

[harlee]

Don't download much but I've seen speeds just over 7,000 Kbps for most of the download, according to my router stats. I've also see where it would start out fast than after a minute or two the rate would drop in half. Just verify what the router is reporting, I download a very large file, the Window task manager showed the connection peak out at 10% (100 MB full duplex connection to the router) and the router show speeds of approx 10500 Kbps and the windows download window showed 1.2 MB/sec.

 

[mephisto]

Impossible on a 10 meg connection. Your transfer rate would only be 1.2 to 1.7 peak.

Where do you get such false information from? My router has real-time bandwidth monitoring and shows 6 Mbit/sec transfer. And since I'm not downloading anything else at the same time, the full amount is due to VOD.

 

[Grydlok]

Where do you get such false information from? My router has real-time bandwidth monitoring and shows 6 Mbit/sec transfer. And since I'm not downloading anything else at the same time, the full amount is due to VOD.

yeah

 

[MountainMan10]

I have a 12 mb DSL connection with Qwest. I am a software developer and often download very large files from Microsoft. They come down at close to 10 mb. When I run the internet speed test at speedtest.net it shows a download speed of about 9.5. So it is definitely possible to get much better than 1.2 to 1.7.

Downloading from Amazon\Unbox the Amazon software shows 7.6 mb.

My router does not have the realtime bandwith monitoring. You guys are making me jealous and I am considering getting a new router.

Downloading HD from D* it takes me about 2 hours to download 1 hour of programming. Does anyone know what the bit rate is on the downloaded HD video? I would think that it would be around 6 or 8 mb, so my connection should be able to download it at or near real-time. I don't think that D* servers can deliver it faster than 4-5 mb.

We used to have 7mb service and when we went to 12 I was looking forward to faster VOD, but the speed didn't change at all.

 

[veryoldschool]

I have a 12 mb DSL connection with Qwest. I am a software developer and often download very large files from Microsoft. They come down at close to 10 mb. When I run the internet speed test at speedtest.net it shows a download speed of about 9.5. So it is definitely possible to get much better than 1.2 to 1.7.

Downloading from Amazon\Unbox the Amazon software shows 7.6 mb.

My router does not have the realtime bandwith monitoring. You guys are making me jealous and I am considering getting a new router.

Downloading HD from D* it takes me about 2 hours to download 1 hour of programming. Does anyone know what the bit rate is on the downloaded HD video? I would think that it would be around 6 or 8 mb, so my connection should be able to download it at or near real-time. I don't think that D* servers can deliver it faster than 4-5 mb.

We used to have 7mb service and when we went to 12 I was looking forward to faster VOD, but the speed didn't change at all.

"A couple of cents":
With one ISP [cable modem] I could get full download speed from Microsoft, but with VOD, it could take forever. This was slow enough as to not be the DirecTV server, but my ISP.
"Bucket List" [1080p] streams at about 8 Mb/s to my PC during playback. With my 6 Mb/s DSL [tests 5 Mb/s], it took about 50% longer than the show's length to download.

 

[Grydlok]

http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/best_of/dtrct.htm

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/wireless/chapter5.html

Jesus I never new people would confuse transfer rate with connection speeds.

 

[mephisto]

My router does not have the realtime bandwith monitoring. You guys are making me jealous and I am considering getting a new router.

I have a Belkin Vision N router with bandwidth monitoring but the router sucks. I also have a Liksys WRT300N router which I flashed with DD-WRT (www.dd-wrt.com) bios which is so much better than any manufacturer's bios and this provides bandwidth graphs.

 

[bobinyuma]

I have a Belkin Vision N router with bandwidth monitoring but the router sucks. I also have a Liksys WRT300N router which I flashed with DD-WRT (www.dd-wrt.com) bios which is so much better than any manufacturer's bios and this provides bandwidth graphs.

Agreed. I have a have a simple WRT160N Linksys flashed with DD-WRT. My Directv VOD speeds read a little over 6mb about 80% of time with few second drops to about 2-4mb from Time Warner as registered through the router. Speed is 15mb down and 1mb up per TWC specs. The DD-WRT software records your total amount downloaded for the day, week, month, as long as you dont reset the router.

 

[AacidusX]

Bandwith Throughput x 1024 Bytes / 8 Bits = Download Speed

example:
9000Kbps x 1024 = 9216000 / 8 = 1152000KBps (1.15MBps)

don't those belkins show MBps instead of Mbps?