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theoritacally, your pipe shouold be big enough for the upload to have no affect, but you can tes it <br />
upload a file, and simultaneously run one of these speed tests<br />
run the speed test first alone to give you a bench mark<br />
<a href="http://www.dslreports.com/stest" rel="ugc">www.dslreports.com/stest</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest" rel="ugc">www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest</a>
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theoritacally, your pipe shouold be big enough for the upload to have no affect, but you can tes it
upload a file, and simultaneously run one of these speed tests
run the speed test first alone to give you a bench mark
www.dslreports.com/stest [http://www.dslreports.com/stest]
www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest [http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest]

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I concur.. &nbsp;your upstream should not be affected by your downstream, as these are two different streams of data transfer..
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I concur..  your upstream should not be affected by your downstream, as these are two different streams of data transfer..

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I have 512 KB/s DSl connection, the maximum download bandwidth is about 60 KB/s.<br />
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I was wondering if the download and upload stream are separate or do they share the same bandwidth. For example lets say I am uploading at 20 KB/s will my download bandwidth be limited to 40 KB/s, or will it be independent of the upload bandwidth and hence up to 60 KB/s<br />
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Thanks
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I have 512 KB/s DSl connection, the maximum download bandwidth is about 60 KB/s.

I was wondering if the download and upload stream are separate or do they share the same bandwidth. For example lets say I am uploading at 20 KB/s will my download bandwidth be limited to 40 KB/s, or will it be independent of the upload bandwidth and hence up to 60 KB/s

Thanks

Download and Upload stream

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