Dish Online Download

**georgepbein** · 03-14-2010 10:35 AM

I started a download of a movie for the first time yesterday from Dish Online. Now, after 9 hours, it shows 95% completion. My ISP is at 9.6 Mbps and I bought a HomePlug from Dish for the Ethernet connection. The download speed according to my TV screen is just 0.25 Mbps. Am I doing something wrong?

**cditty** · 03-14-2010 11:57 AM

No. They speed up, slow down, and sometimes stall all together. It's not you. It's Dish.

It will complete, just give it time.

It is not unusual at all for mine to take 24 hours to download something. However, sometimes it is done in an hour. Just got to get lucky.

**georgepbein** · 03-14-2010 12:27 PM

thanks for your reply.

**larry55** · 03-14-2010 01:53 PM

it dish i download a movie it took 2 days.

**georgepbein** · 03-14-2010 02:33 PM

Wow! No I don't feel so bad.

**Hemi 6.1** · 03-14-2010 02:34 PM

Thats why I like the 15 HD PPV and 15 VOD HD thats are on satellite, and not streaming through the internet.

**georgepbein** · 03-14-2010 02:46 PM

I would agree. But, it was interesting to see that so many movies (3000+) are available, starting from 60+ years ago. I remember seeing some when I was just a kid; brought back some memories. Like Winchester 73, for example

**SaltiDawg** · 03-14-2010 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by georgepbein

... My ISP is at 9.6 Mbps and I bought a HomePlug from Dish for the Ethernet connection ...

Do you know the rated through-put speed of the HomePlug?

EDIT: I just Googled: homeplug ethernet adapter throughput speed

and the first hit is
http://www.homeplug.org/news/pr/view...ae28281d1ee1f1

With this brand the max throughput would appear to be "Intellon HomePlug AV-based ICs (with 200 Mbps PHY-rate) are at the core of NETGEAR's new wall-plug powerline Ethernet adapters."

LATER EDIT: As I go down the Google result list and look at different brands of HomePlug devices it seems apparent that HomePlug is not a High speed device and that the download speed you are seeing is exactly what would result with the HomePlug being limited.

The problem would seem not to be Dish nor your connection to the www but rather the Ethernet "throttle" between your receiver and your router.

YMMV

**SaltiDawg** · 03-14-2010 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by cditty

No. They speed up, slow down, and sometimes stall all together. It's not you. It's Dish. ...

I don't think so. See post above. lol

**gwhitelover** · 03-14-2010 06:09 PM

I'm running on a 50/50 Verizon Fios internet line. My download speeds go from anywhere around 2 to 3 on average. I haven't received anything higher then that! So, don't worry!