said by Rick:I dl'd about 250MB of the file from the redhat site and averaged just a shade under 10,000k in doing so. And, for me, that's probably a 3000 mile journey to that server from here in Ct.
Point made... 20Mbps is eithersaid by Rick:Not too shabby for a residential HSI connection by any means.
For the majority of files I download..updates..and programs..I usually see close to double those speeds.
That's the real world for me. And it's an enormous time saver..and well worth the literally pennies a day difference between a dsl connection that runs 1/13th those speeds.
Never said it was a shabby connection. However, most programs still only take seconds to download, and updates/autoupdates are all done in the background - so I don't care. Where I do care is when I need to do something with the file(s) i.e. ISO or if I'm attempting to stream video. Streaming video will depend more on the other end than mine. SSH, Remote Desktop, VPN all are essentially the same.said by Rick:Again..realize what it is we're talking about here is maybe 60 some odd cents a day.
That gets you nothing these days..but does get you 13 times the speed of a T1 speed DSL connection.
I really don't want to get into an argument over pennies..but that's what we are talking about here.
And, if that's too much for someone to pay..then so be it.
But it's certainly not fair to characterize dsl in the manner in which you are at times...as being some walmart of the industry. DSL IS EXPENSIVE for what you're getting.
You pay a little bit less..but what you pay for is EXPENSIVE.
I can't say it any clearer than that.
Well, some people prioritize what they want.
