Thanks to both Lee and Eric. This fascinates me (I need a life) for it looks like there would be a point of diminishing returns if we finally get download speeds of huge proportions, then the uploads would also have to increase to "fill" the pipe on the download.
I appreciate the comments. John On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:23 PM, B. Eric Bradley wrote: > What he's asking is, can the upload server outrun the download? The > answer is in many cases, of course, yes, but servers don't upload > faster than your computer (cable modem/router/etc.) is asking for the > data. On a 20.0 connection, the upload machine will send data at the > lesser of 20.0 or what it is capable of uploading. If somebody at > Google's server farm is asking for a YouTube video, on the other > hand, the transfer speed is likely to be something awesome. > > > On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > >> On Apr 19, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Profile wrote: >> >>> Insight continues to offer the 20 mpm speed for the $20.00 increase >>> in cost, and I know it works but I am puzzled as to how. Upload >>> speeds are so much slower, even with a T-1 or another higher speed >>> that a company may offer, how does the end user reap the benefit of >>> the double speed when there are these caps on what a server can >>> send? >> >> A T1 (also called DS1) connection isn't really that fast -- only >> about 1.5 Mb/s. What you're really paying for with a T1 is a >> guaranteed symmetric connection at that speed and guaranteed uptime. >> >> The Big Boys have Internet backbone connections that can move >> traffic at tens or even hundreds of Gb/s. (How fast can Google move >> data onto the Internet?) >> >>> Is there a limit where the upload speeds could not keep up with the >>> download, 40 or 50 mpm? I know there must be a simple answer. >> >> I'm not sure what you're asking here. There is a limit to your >> download speed that's caused by the asymmetric connection speed. >> Downloads are sent in packets and each packet has to be >> acknowledged. If your upload can't acknowledge the packets as they >> are arriving because it's so much slower, then you've hit a >> limitation that can only be fixed by raising the packet size. This >> is one of the big problems with telephone modems, but probably >> doesn't happen that often with cable. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be April 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be April 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be April 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
