<p>'prioritises' downloads? Or by its asymmetric nature there's a lot higher bandwidth for the download than for the upload.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">> On 16/09/10 18:38, Victor Churchill wrote:<br>>> Back in August the topic of the bandwidth of a Volvo filled with<br>>> backup tapes came up.<br>>> This was just on the BBC Radio 4 News, and revives the idea with<br>
>> pigeons and USB sticks ;-)<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11325452">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11325452</a><br>> <br>> It's hardly like with like, is it? The pigeons flew from Yorkshire to <br>
> Lincolnshire. Unless the server was located in Lincolnshire rather <br>> than. say, California, the comparison isn't at all valid.<br>> <br>> I'm in south London and am on a BT ADSL service and my YouTube uploads <br>
> take forever, because ADSL prioritises downloads.<br>> <br>> Matt<br>> <br>> -- <br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/">http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/</a><br>> -- <br>> Gllug mailing list - <a href="mailto:Gllug@gllug.org.uk">Gllug@gllug.org.uk</a><br>
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