hmmmm... yeah... I do really hope that they increase their bandwith. And worms are killing my Airport router. Arg!!!! I thought its the worms that are eating up my bandwith.
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:50 +0800, bodgie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:35:40 +0800, eman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No, I meant 150 kiloBYTES per second. BitTorrent doesn't publish > > > download rates in bits per second, no ordinary program does, they always > > > use bytes per second. Speeds well in excess of this are common using > > > BitTorrent, and even occasionally on FTP and HTTP downloads as well, for > > > well-connected sites. Our speed record is something like 250 kilobytes > > > per second, yes 2 megabits per second more or less. > > > > huh? On a 256kbps connection? How is that so? Are you absolutely sure > > about this? > > Sorry, i just had to ask. > > Don't doubt it. It just means that his ISP isn't strictly enforcing > download speed limits. I'm guessing it's because they have lots of > bandwidth to spare. Theoretical ADSL downstream speed is around 8 > Mbits/s, I think. > > Back when we first had PLDT DSL installed at home in 2001 when > residential DSL was just starting, I remember downloading at speeds of > almost 2 Mbits/s. I was able to download RH7.2 ISOs from > ftp.mozcom.com at a rate of 50 minutes per ISO file. My supposed > bandwidth from PLDT was only 128 kbits/s. =) > > -bodgie > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
