broadband speeds

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I logged on to my linksys router (not wireless) and is says
Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin : 10.5 - 22.0 db
Line Attenuation : 33.0 - 21.5 db
Data Rate : 7616 - 448 kbps

My package is an 'upto' 8Mbps package but my router also runs a small network of 2 printers and 2 pc's which both share the internet connection.

I just did some of independant broadband speed checks and they came back at anything from 3500 kbps to 4500 kbps.

So tell me if I am wrong but are these independant speed checks coming in a half what the router says the speed is? And is the sharing of the internet between the two pc's therefore halving any speed?

Thanks for any help??

[ChuckFickens]

what you are seeing is perfectly normal.

The router has connected at 7616Kbs but that doesn't mean that the link is capable of transferring data at that speed.

4500Kbs actually isn't that bad and is a lot better than a lot of people get.

[what..the?]

Thanks chuckfickens