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euphonious
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Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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 Posted: 06/02/04 - 14:16 Post subject: why is my cable connection so fast?
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yet bit torrent downloads at like 5 kbs. tell me why
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Frashii
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Location: Anchorage, AK
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 14:20 Post subject:
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I would answer that your ISP has some sort of transparent caching (Cisco ,etc) going on.
Video Drivers, etc are things likely to have been downloaded by someone else too, thus you are benefitting from local lan perforance..
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euphonious
Toomuchtimeonhands
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 14:25 Post subject:
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I knew it was too good to be true. Thanks for the explanation.
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atarom
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Location: 375th st. Y
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 17:41 Post subject:
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everything should ALWAYS download at 10MBps. I cannot wait until the days where that is possible.
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euphonious
Toomuchtimeonhands
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 17:43 Post subject:
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internet2 4tehwin
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Silvermouse
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 17:49 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | | everything should ALWAYS download at 10MBps. I cannot wait until the days where that is possible. |
Yeah, but then everything you download will be 2000 gigs.
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WhiteWidow
Toomuchtimeonhands
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 06/02/04 - 18:00 Post subject:
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hegheer
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Mugaaz
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
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Posted: 06/03/04 - 01:33 Post subject:
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| Silvermouse wrote: | | atarom wrote: | | everything should ALWAYS download at 10MBps. I cannot wait until the days where that is possible. |
Yeah, but then everything you download will be 2000 gigs. |
I doubt it. While file sizes and transfer rates have increased dramatically. There is a human limit to file sizes, someone has to make a program that big, and transfer rates have been growing much much faster. We are starting to see 5-10 gig games. But I don't see 50+ gig games for a long long time.
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eqchanter
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
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Location: tennessee
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Posted: 06/03/04 - 09:47 Post subject:
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If you already had the file on your pc where you donwloaded it the first time, or paused a download/crashed and then restarted it would appear as though your internet was that fast.
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compusmack
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 15 Oct 2002
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Posted: 06/03/04 - 11:14 Post subject:
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| Mugaaz wrote: | | Silvermouse wrote: | | atarom wrote: | | everything should ALWAYS download at 10MBps. I cannot wait until the days where that is possible. |
Yeah, but then everything you download will be 2000 gigs. |
I doubt it. While file sizes and transfer rates have increased dramatically. There is a human limit to file sizes, someone has to make a program that big, and transfer rates have been growing much much faster. We are starting to see 5-10 gig games. But I don't see 50+ gig games for a long long time. |
Computers mostly generate files that big, not just humans. Consider animation programs... the user doesnt draw 10 gigs worth of animation in a giant sequence, they script the motion and objects and the computer fills in the frame by frame animation.
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