Bill Shirley wrote:
>
> Then maybe we don't use the same servers!! Just try to dl from microsoft
> mid-day.
>
> I have seen a few servers drive my line to the max (like sunsite.unc.edu at
> night and netscape). I haven't dl'ed from cdrom.com in a long time, but
> they used to be slow. I've been on the internet since 1996, so I am
> speeking from a cumlative experience.
Yes; in fact, Netscape was the one where I meased the actual 1.2G
throughput, though I've seen plenty at over 15k. And plenty of them
*are* lots slower, but I wouldn't say that
"few" can go over 15k.
>
> I think we both agree there are several factors that can limit the actual
> transmittion speed. Whatever, I am NOT smoking anything or trying to get
> into a pissing contest. I was just trying to help the guy that originally
> posted.
>
> > What are you smoking? few servers with dish out 15k a second? Give me
> > a
> > break.
>
> How constructive is this guy's post?? Did it help the guy that started the
> thread?
Well, I agree that the tone of his post was less then agreeable and less
constructive than it might have been, but it did, in fact, provide some
information to the original poster; namely, that it *should* be possible
for him to get greater througput than he's getting.
I believe this to be accurate based on my experience.
[And let's net get into cumulative internet experience. I've been
connected one way or another since 1982 when it was usenet + arpanet +
bitnet with various visible gateways connecting them . . . my wife was
astounded when we visited NY and I was terribly excited to see the famed
"SUNYBING" in glorious physical reality. Yeah, I know. Nobody here
knows what I'm talking about . . . the speed then was often measured in
*days* for messages to go across the world. Physical mail was sometimes
faster than e-mail and usually faster than newsgroup messages.]
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