How fast is Rogers@Home?
The maximum download speed with the Rogers@Home service is 3 Mbps (megabits per second), or the equivalent of 375 KB/sec (kilobytes per second). Conversely, the maximum upload throughput is 400 Kbps (kilobits per second), or the equivalent of 50 KB/sec (kilobytes per second). That’s what the service can deliver under optimal line conditions, data segment load and distribution/ backbone circuit load. However, a more realistic top end speed, due to protocol overhead, is generally in the 300 KB/sec to 320 KB/sec. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you will see that high a speed – there are many factors which influence the effective throughput of your connection – and many of them are outside the control of Rogers, or @Home. Just as with any other internet service, cable is susceptible to widely varying network performance depending on how busy the network and servers you’re trying to reach, who else is using the system at the same time as you, and what they are trying to do. As such, you m
