> I understand this may not be a very high priority as many people are > probably using Broadband now, but I know I would appreciate it, and I > imagine many others would too. I know this wouldn't really be much of an > issue except that I've noticed in my downloads that I average between 1.7 > and 2.6 kb/s on my 56k modem, which is about 1/3 of the rate I could > theoretically get. (Most of my downloads for other sites are around 4 to 6 > kb/sec.) I figure this is because the sites are so busy, and I figure that > striping the downloads could help to speed some people up to help > alliviate > the sites of those users.
Just think for a second and realise that if this was the case, then the broadband people would be noticing it a lot more. Striping is much more likely to help broadband users then it is modem users. That said, some mirrors do get overloaded - but 2k/sec would be unusual I suspect. Btw - all of the downloads from setup are precompressed - so ensure your comparing apples with apples when comparing download speeds. Modems use inbuilt compression - so non-compressed files will download faster. 3k-sec is (once you consider overheads) not to far off 30kbit - most 56k modems actually rarely see connections over 42k (to my knowledge anyway) - so your actually more like half rather then 1/3rd. - 'back home' on my 56k modem - 2.6k/sec on a compressed file would be considered fast. But then 'back home' has poor phone lines. - I'm lucky enough to have adsl where I'm living at the moment - and the mirrors I use for setup - are easily fast enough to handle a modem user. Gareth
