Re: Question? on download

From: Judge (bkc_cbc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:31:08 GMT

Listen dont need a lesson on network bandwith. Simple question need fast
connection to download from which part did you miss.
"ynotssor" <"ynotssor"> wrote in message
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> "Judge" <bkc_cbc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:iFBnb.108023$h61.27445@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com
>
> > Does anyone know of a fast site to download redhat or mandrakes newest
> > versions. Have tried a few but only comes in at 50k thanks in advance
>
> That's a function of the bandwidth available to you via *your* connection.
>
> Now, no doubt you'll protest that "I've got rogers.com cable! That's about
> 384Kbps!" or whatever.
>
> What you have to remember is that that's the bandwidth available to you if
> you were the *only* one using that network segment. Typically, cable
network
> segments are allocated to a substantial number of simultaneous users,
*all*
> of whom share the available advertised bandwidth. Cable network segments
are
> typically 700-900% oversubscribed, with the idea that not all users will
be
> online at any given time.
>
> There are high-usage times such as after work until the typical bedtime,
for
> instance. If all of the users that are subscribed to that segment are
> downloading large binaries at that time such as mp3s or isos, available
> bandwidth will suffer for all of those users.
>
> You may wish to just cron a wget download for during the night,
> early-morning or mid-weekday hours to take advantage of the most bandwidth
> available to you.
>
>
> tony
>
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