[GRLUG] core 5 iso image?

[Bob Kline]

I have the 8Mbps Comcast cable service.  I routinely
get 600Kbps to 800 Kbps when uploading,  and 6Mbps
to 8Mbps down.  If I run two or more ftp jobs to move
files aournd I almost always get the full bit rate up and
down.

I'm somewhat hard put to believe that a 1.5Mbps DSL
connection can match this.  I had SBC DSL for a year
or more,  and while I did get the 1.5Mbps rate when using
ftp, I saw nothing to suggest that  in any magical way
the performance was equivalent to my current 8Mbps
connection.

  -Bob


On 4/30/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/30/06, Joshua Burns <joshuadburns at hotmail.com > wrote:
> > Well something you also must consider is whether or not you're using
> cable.
> > If you are, keep in mind you are only allowed so a low number of
> > simultaneous connections while with T1/3 or DSL, this number is much
> larger.
> > Being that peer to peer networks require many, many connections, using
> cable
> > will be a sure down fall.
> >
> > I have a friend who has 8 Megabit cable while I myself have 1.5 DSL. I
> still
> > download things nearly as fast as he does, simply because if you were to
>
> > monitor the amount of concurrent connections, you'd see my connection
> has a
> > lot more actively downloading, and less being choked, while his is the
> > opposite.
>
> What's the reasoning behind this?  As far as I understand, the number
> of concurrent connections you can handle has everything to do with the
> computer making the connections, and possibly the routers in between
> the connections (including your personal router if you have one, and
> the ISPs), but absolutely nothing to do with the medium carrying the
> packets.  So explain why cable would be any different than DSL of a
> similar throughput?
>
> --tim
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