[WinMac] RE: Slow connection.

Subject: [WinMac] RE: Slow connection.
From: Dan Schwartz (Expresso[at]snip.net)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 11:56:43 EST

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        Brian,

        Since cable modems use a bus topology instead of a star topology, the cable
system is bogging down during peak periods. Late afternoon is when the kiddies
play role games & download free music, while evening is when the adults
download their porno. In fact, here in the US over 40% of the Internet packet
traffic is porno.

        The fact that you're seeing such high download speeds indicates that there's
no bandwidth throttling. When Excite@Home went TitsUp.Com and AT&T switched
their customers to their own network, individual download speeds were
throttled back to 1.5 megabits. Check DSL Reports at:
<http://www.dslreports.com> for more info.

        Cheers!
        Dan

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Durant [mailto:durant@cbn.net.id]
>Subject: Slow connection.
>
>
>Hi again,
>
>Is there a way to diagnose a cable connection with Mac apps (and which
>apps)??? I am experiencing a cable connection that in late afternoon, early
>evening is sometimes serving files at 83, 86, 94 bytes a second. Some
>average (around 2 MB) downloads can take up to 4 HOURS, etc. At other
>(no-peak) times, it is smooth sailing and I get download times in the
>neighborhood of 25-39 Mbits per second. Is this my ISP, is it the cable
>system or is it the site that I am at that is the problem? How do I
>distinguish?

        [cut]

>Cheers,
>Brian

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