On Monday 18 December 2006 18:56, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:51:47 +1300 > > Reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess my only questions now are more general ones about speeds. If a > > person supposedly has a 256kilo bits per second connection, why does it > > only ever do at most 30 kbs off a web based download? > > I think you are confusing bits and bytes. You quite likely have a 256 k > bits per second (kbps) connection, and the 30 is reported in k bytes per > second (kB/s). Do the maths, and you'll find you are maxing out the > connection.
8 bits in a Byte BTW. > >And currently under > > ktorrent I seem to average only about 8 or 9 kbs? > > I get some funny slow spots with ktorrent. It doesn't always seem to go as > fast as rtorrent, which is my main torrent client now. Partly because it is > faster, but mainly because I can control it from anywhere in the world over > ssh, and it runs without a gui installed on the machine at all. I use KTorrent, and get speeds up to 100kB down, it does seem to slow down sometimes with big torrents, occasionally stopping and starting the torrent will get it going again. > Actually I could with ktorrent too, via ktshell. Give it a try, the > interface is a bit clumsy - rtorrent is much nicer. -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's VoIP supplier
