My download of VBox from that site did not appear to be throttled as such. I also found this:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.12/ "Fernando Cassia" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:cacgw4h7j12jagsx1sjq+_h9dq1vpmjfq5ozmrrnanp_7pel...@mail.gmail.com... > I'm testing my new 10Mbit Fiber optic (FTTH) connection and I thought > downloading a somewhat large package like Virtualbox would be a good > indication of performance. > > It turns out that VBox downloads from Edgesuite.net seem to be throttled > to > about 1.5 Mbit per http session. > > I'd like to know if the one doing the throttling is my ISP, the upstream > provider, or if this a setting of the edgesuite.net servers. > > Of course, if I start any torrent download, I can saturate the 10 Mbit, > but > I'm curious anyway what causes the Virtualbox downloads to come down at > 1.5 > Mbit and not more... > > Apache OpenOffice from a US based Sourceforge.net mirror downloads at > 2.5Mbit, > and an Ubuntu ISO image frm the local mirror downloads at 7.2 Mbit > http://ftp.ccc.uba.ar/pub/linux/ubuntu-cd/12.04/ > > FWIW > > So, to keep this on topic, the question would be: are Vbox downloads from > EdgeSuite bandwidth-throttled at 1-2Mbit per http session? > > FC > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a > revolutionary > act > - George Orwell > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
