Slow Download rates

[ghost19]

I have a cable connection with a download speed of 1.5Mbps (so they say), but when I'm downloading anything on whether it be Firefox, IE8, Chrome, Torrents, u name it i only get a download speed of 170.0/k bps maximum on all the pcs connected to the network (that is if only one is currently downloading so if more than one is downloading at the same time, the speed is worse). Now im not expecting to download at the full 1.5/m bps but shouldn't it be higher than that? if so any suggestions on how to increase it?

BTW my cable modem is a Motorola Surfboard model:sb5101 connected to a Belkin router model:F5D8236-4 v2, and I'm connected through Ethernet not wireless.

 

[GhislainG]

You are supposed to get a download speed of 1.5 Mbps, but you are only getting a download speed of 170 Kbps. Is that correct?

170 x 8 / 1024 = 1.33 Mbps. There's always a bit of overhead, therefore you have what you're paying for. The aggregated throuput obviously can't exceed 1.5 Mbps, no matter how many PCs you use to download.

 

[ghost19]

You are supposed to get a download speed of 1.5 Mbps, but you are only getting a download speed of 170 Kbps. Is that correct?

170 x 8 / 1024 = 1.33 Mbps. There's always a bit of overhead, therefore you have what you're paying for. The aggregated throuput obviously can't exceed 1.5 Mbps, no matter how many PCs you use to download.

cool thanks