> > Again for reference.. tagged the DVD torrent for download and it's > > also coming in at over 1200kbps. I started the downlaod (4.01GB) just > > after I sent the first reply in this thread... so > > around 45 minutes ago, and the DVD is over half done... about 25 minutes > > left. > > > > even on a good day a reg http dload for me never is higher than maybe > 450-500 kb/s, standard 5 meg cable connection here which I thought was > pretty fast but my god!!! 1200 kb/s?? thats insane!! I want your ISP > how much they get for a 10meg connection?
:-P It's an ADSL2 connection with Alice in Germany. It's 16Mbit down and 1Mbit up for 50 Euro per month.. unlimited use (and a 24 hour IP refresh). For broadband, I'd consider it pretty standard here... it's slower than I had when I lived in the Netherlands. I was up to 20Mbit (cable) there. In a couple places in the NL they have 100Mbit internet (in Den Haag and Neunen... and possibly a few other towns). On the connection I have, it's not uncommon for me to get an average of 1200kbps on my downloads with Torrent files - especially with openSUSE torrents. I see peaks around 1500kbps... the only tweaks I have done is to open the port range for KTorrent and set the download speed in KTorrent to unlimited (I throttle back the upload for seeding so I don't saturate my upload). Http downloads are never as fast for me as Torrents for openSUSE. It also might be worth noting that the stock KTorrent from the 10.2 DVD/CD does not perform anywhere near as well as the newer versions... I'm running the latest build from... Packman I think. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
