> I'm just curious to know what sort of transfer rates the other users > see most > of the time, because in my experience it's pretty poor.
Depends on what's happening. On a 56Kbps modem, which would generally connect at 40-45Kbps, then they'll normally get around that speed. Stuff from the cache comes in at around wire speed on 10Mbps Ethernet: 700Mbps or so. With typical web access, it's fairly rare for 2 users to try to download a large file simultaneously. At one second, even if both are surfing simultaneously, they get fragments: bits of HTML, bits of inline images. They don't conflict. If 2 do conflict, each gets roughly half the bandwidth; if 3 conflict, each gets one-third, and so on. But if one says "hey, I saw this cool Flash movie!" and tells their colleagues, everyone else gets it from the cache at pushing 10 Meg. So they perceive web access to be /faster./ Look, it works, and I've installed dozens of such systems for happy customers. In Europe, we pay for ALL phone calls, EVEN LOCAL ONES, e.g. to your ISP, so having one shared modem is cheaper than one modem each (with one expensive phone line each) making multiple concurrent calls. Enough. This is very off-topic. -- Liam Proven � http://welcome.to/liamsweb -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
