[Sussex] From 500K to 1M in under 6 months for nothing extra

[Geoffrey Teale]

On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 09:34 +0000, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> I have a 1024/256 50:1 and often see downloads of 119Kbytes/Sec
> 
> Technically it should get 128Kbytes/sec which it has spiked to before if the server is local and on a good network, but you will always get additional network communication slowing downloads.

I've often seen my line getting the full rate (I'm on 1Mbit Symmetric),
more often than not though it has more to do with the server your
pulling from than anything else.  java.sun.com always seems to give me
the full rate, as does www-106.ibm.com - however sourceforge and
savannah.gnu.org never come close.

What I do find is that when Sarah and I are both on line we can almost
always get the full bandwidth.

Maybe I'm just lucky...


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Geoffrey Teale <gteale at cmedltd.com>
Cmed Technology