NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | reply to Crookshanks
Re: Year 2008 and I can only get 1.5/256 from DSL... 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
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