Download speed > IP profile?

I just used the BT Speed test website to measure line speed: it gave me a
download speed of 3793 Kbps but an IP profile of only 3500 Kbps.

I am seeing download speeds of slightly greater than 3500 Kbps which
suggests that the speed test download speed of 3793 Kbps is correct.

I have a synch rate of 4576 Kbps and so the IP profile seems to be correct
at 3500. But how can I have a higher download speed than the IP profile?

Gareth wrote:
> I just used the BT Speed test website to measure line speed: it gave me
> a download speed of 3793 Kbps but an IP profile of only 3500 Kbps.
>
> I am seeing download speeds of slightly greater than 3500 Kbps which
> suggests that the speed test download speed of 3793 Kbps is correct.
>
> I have a synch rate of 4576 Kbps and so the IP profile seems to be
> correct at 3500. But how can I have a higher download speed than the IP
> profile?

Buffering timing and caching can give false results.

"Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> wrote in message
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> I have a synch rate of 4576 Kbps and so the IP profile seems to be correct
> at 3500.

You only need a sync of 4000 for a 3500 profile. If the sync is maintained
above 4544 the profile should be 4000.

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>"Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> wrote in message
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>> I have a synch rate of 4576 Kbps and so the IP profile seems to be correct
>> at 3500.
>
>You only need a sync of 4000 for a 3500 profile. If the sync is maintained
>above 4544 the profile should be 4000.

But it will take several days to get there.
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"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:03:57 -0000, "198 kHz" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> wrote in message
>>news:4d34c794$0$2526$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>>
>>> I have a synch rate of 4576 Kbps and so the IP profile seems to be
>>> correct
>>> at 3500.
>>
>>You only need a sync of 4000 for a 3500 profile. If the sync is maintained
>>above 4544 the profile should be 4000.
>
> But it will take several days to get there.

If you're lucky and don't have any noise spikes (or power cuts)