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Crookshanks

join:2008-02-04
Endicott, NY
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reply to NormanS

Re: Year 2008 and I can only get 1.5/256 from DSL...

said by NormanS:

You can't download any faster than the other end can upload; most of my downloads moved about as fast on cable as on 3Mb DSL.
Then that's a problem with Comcast because I had no problem pegging my Roadrunner Turbo connection (8MBits) when I had it. A few sites couldn't manage to max it out but the overwhelming majority of large downloads could. Well seeded bittorrents could. A handful of times I saw what appeared to be throttling and/or capacity issues but the bulk of the time I had no problems achieving full speed.

Don't get me wrong -- I'll take my 3.0/768 DSL over 8.0/512 cable -- DSL (for me, YMMV) seems more stable and I'd rather have the upload bandwidth -- but I don't see how you can dismiss that download bandwidth either. It came in handy.

NormanS
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said by Crookshanks:

said by NormanS:

You can't download any faster than the other end can upload; most of my downloads moved about as fast on cable as on 3Mb DSL.
Then that's a problem with Comcast because I had no problem pegging my Roadrunner Turbo connection (8MBits) when I had it.
No. It was a problem with the torrents. Some of the anime shows I grab are not highly popular, and don't have well-seeded trackers. You can't pull more data than the other end will push. Period. I don't see paying for download speed I won't be able to use because the sources can't fill the pipe.

BTW, just to be sure it was the trackers, and not the ISP, I downloaded a Knoppix ISO image while there. That pegged my sister's download capacity. But how often does one need to download an OS ISO image? Slower is cheaper; and, for my budget, and needs, good enough.

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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

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