Well, in reality the speeds keep varying. Though the internet provider claims that you are given 256kbps connection, most of the times you will get only 190-200kbps speeds. This is actually because of the network load. As I had mentioned earlier, in full duplex lines, the comminication bandwidth is separate for incomeing and outgoing traffic. If a lot of people are uploading, then there will be a load in the Upward traffic and that gets congested. In such times your upload speed will be slow. The same holds good for download.
You never get consistent download / upload speeds. But assuming that you have a dedicated line for yourself, you will get same data rate for upload/download.
ARe you getting me?
-Kalayama
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