zentara wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:43:40 -0600 John <yonaton@tds.net> wrote:
On Thursday 27 March 2003 18:14 pm, Bernd Koepsell wrote:
I am using a U.S. Robotics 56K Performance Pro V.92 PCI modem which is fully supported. My ISP supports V.92. I am using Kinternet to connect. Yet, when downloading files from http or ftp, my datarate is averaging 3Kb/s( yes it spikes to 10Kb/s and drops to 0Kb/s, but still averages 3Kb/s). I am locked on that one file that is downloading, and until it is fully downloaded I can't use my connection for anything else (even trading a slower datarate for further access or multiple downloads).
Welcome to dial-up. I, like another on this list, am way out in the woods, with no way of getting DSL or Cable. I've learned to just 'grin and bear it' when I start a download. If it's going to be a big one (usually more than 10MB), I start it just as I go to bed for the night.
That sounds so familiar!!! The plague of dialup! But... read on
Yeah, dialup speeds are related to phoneline quality, you don't get top v.92 speed just because you have that type of modem.
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My download speeds average about 3.3k/sec. Some apps share bandwidth better than others.
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You might try downloading big files with something like wget, it will
share bandwidth nicely,
*Would you consider "trying" (without success) to download a 100k file and a 50k file at the same time, taxing my bandwidth?
and it will resume automatically on a bad connection
(if the server supports it)
I'll read up and try wget. Thank you. Although... let me tell you what I'm used to in the non-linux world. Previous to switching my os, I had download speeds (same modem, same isp, same phone line, etc., using Netscape 4.7, 6 or 7, or the dreaded IE 5.0 or 5.5) averaging 4.6Kb/s. Obviously, I "shared" that average speed with multiple downloads or further access with WWW or mail. Now that I'm using linux, and the Netscape 6 clone, my average speed has dropped all the way down to 3.0Kb/s, plus I am "locked" on that one download without further access or the potential of multiple downloads. I don't think the difference is Mozilla, because the same thing happens when using Yast2 for online updates from an ftp server. I am able to use other apps (that don't use my meager bandwidth) while downloading, so it isn't my cpu either. Could it be my modem configuration (I used Yast), or my dialer (KInternet), or..., or..., or...? TIA, again! Bernd