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  • R Ryan Binns

    I've finally managed to upgrade from 56k to ADSL. A blistering 6.5Mb/s :cool: I can almost download links before I click on them :~ I think I might do download the internet just to see how long it takes :rolleyes:

    Ryan

    "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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    Nish Nishant
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    Ryan Binns wrote: A blistering 6.5Mb/s So, you get about 800 KB/s right?

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      Ryan Binns wrote: A blistering 6.5Mb/s So, you get about 800 KB/s right?

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      Ryan Binns
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      Nishant Sivakumar wrote: So, you get about 800 KB/s right? The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. My modem reports that it's connected at 6.5MB/s. I haven't tested downloading a large file in one chunk yet to see what that would get.

      Ryan

      "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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      • R Ryan Binns

        Nishant Sivakumar wrote: So, you get about 800 KB/s right? The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. My modem reports that it's connected at 6.5MB/s. I haven't tested downloading a large file in one chunk yet to see what that would get.

        Ryan

        "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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        Ryan Binns wrote: The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. Try a download from a Microsoft server. They probably own 10% of USA's bandwidth :-) It'll give you an idea of how fast your connection can really go.

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          Ryan Binns wrote: The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. Try a download from a Microsoft server. They probably own 10% of USA's bandwidth :-) It'll give you an idea of how fast your connection can really go.

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          Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Try a download from a Microsoft server. They probably own 10% of USA's bandwidth It'll give you an idea of how fast your connection can really go. Even though I don't live in the US? Perhaps I should try downloading from an Australian server instead ;) [edit]I did try from Microsoft, but "only" got about 400KB/s[/edit]

          Ryan

          "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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          • N Nish Nishant

            Ryan Binns wrote: The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. Try a download from a Microsoft server. They probably own 10% of USA's bandwidth :-) It'll give you an idea of how fast your connection can really go.

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            Ryan Binns
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            OK, I tried again from Microsoft, and it's sitting pretty steady on 680KB/s now. Not too shabby :cool:

            Ryan

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            • R Ryan Binns

              Nishant Sivakumar wrote: So, you get about 800 KB/s right? The fastest I've witnessed so far is 645KB/s using bittorrent. My modem reports that it's connected at 6.5MB/s. I haven't tested downloading a large file in one chunk yet to see what that would get.

              Ryan

              "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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              Jon Sagara
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              • R Ryan Binns

                I've finally managed to upgrade from 56k to ADSL. A blistering 6.5Mb/s :cool: I can almost download links before I click on them :~ I think I might do download the internet just to see how long it takes :rolleyes:

                Ryan

                "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                Weiye Chen
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                Ryan Binns wrote: I can almost download links before I click on them And soon you can forget what an hourglass looks like. :) Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...

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                • J Jon Sagara

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                  Ryan Binns
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                  Jon Sagara wrote: _http://www.dslreports.com/stest\[^\]_ Thanks :) It consistently reported between 680KB/s and 695KB/s.

                  Ryan

                  "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                  • R Ryan Binns

                    Trollslayer wrote: If I gave you a blank floppy could you send it to me ? No probs :) Just let me get in touch with he who shall not be named for a nice compression algorithm. Trollslayer wrote: slighty opimistic fluffy tigress You're telling me! :~

                    Ryan

                    "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                    Ryan Binns wrote: a nice compression algorithm. Just strip out all the 0's - they are wasted anyway, then add up the 1's and repeat until your down to one bit. ;P


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                      Ryan Binns wrote: a nice compression algorithm. Just strip out all the 0's - they are wasted anyway, then add up the 1's and repeat until your down to one bit. ;P


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                      David Wulff wrote: Just strip out all the 0's - they are wasted anyway, then add up the 1's and repeat until your down to one bit. Yeah, that's a good idea :rolleyes:

                      Ryan

                      "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                        Ryan Binns wrote: I can almost download links before I click on them And soon you can forget what an hourglass looks like. :) Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...

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                        Graham Bradshaw
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                        Weiye Chen wrote: And soon you can forget what an hourglass looks like Until you fire up Acrobat Reader to view that pdf you just downloaded...

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                          Ryan Binns wrote: a nice compression algorithm. Just strip out all the 0's - they are wasted anyway, then add up the 1's and repeat until your down to one bit. ;P


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                          this method has the added advantage of not requiring a diskette. you just store the result in your mind... (reminds me of the guy who "sent 5000 GIGABYTES in ZERO seconds" or something to that effect... :)) - Indivara


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                            Luis Alonso Ramos
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                            Wow!!! I just got 2913 kpbs downstream!! :omg: Other tries consistently reporting about 800 kbps downstream and 220 upstream :( which is more or less fine for 1024/512 I'm supposed to have. -- LuisR


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                              Ryan Binns wrote: I think I might do download the internet just to see how long it takes If I gave you a blank floppy could you send it to me ? :rolleyes: Elaine (slighty opimistic fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D

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                              Michael P Butler
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                              Trollslayer wrote: If I gave you a blank floppy could you send it to me If you've got a 360kb disk, I can certainly copy you all the useful bits of the internet ;-) Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

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                              • R Ryan Binns

                                I've finally managed to upgrade from 56k to ADSL. A blistering 6.5Mb/s :cool: I can almost download links before I click on them :~ I think I might do download the internet just to see how long it takes :rolleyes:

                                Ryan

                                "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                                Matt Newman
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                                I remember upgrading from 56k to 3Mb, before long you will be muttering to yourself "damn slow internet" :D Matt Newman
                                Even the very best tools in the hands of an idiot will produce something of little or no value. - Chris Meech on Idiots

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                                  Weiye Chen wrote: And soon you can forget what an hourglass looks like Until you fire up Acrobat Reader to view that pdf you just downloaded...

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                                  Acrobat Reader has solved this problem for me - kind of. When I click any PDF file, A**Reader starts up and terminates immediately. It works only if I started an A**Reader instance separately without document.


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