On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:37:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > Just to clarify on this situation: > > I have a cable connection that is rated at 100MB/s at full capacity. I > specifically asked what the lowest speed would be, that I could expect > to experience, when I took it on from an ADSL2+ connection that I > tracked at 8 BYTES/s at one stage, and they said 100Kb/s (really!).
We also have a fast link at the office (FTTH) rated at 100/10 Mbits and while the overall usual browsing is noticeabily faster, true is that when you are downloading a big file from a host the speed can vary a lot from one server to another. For instance, using the fiber link to go out, I can get a suitanable rate of 8 Mbits when downloading VirtualBox (~80 MiB) from Oracle servers while that speed slow downs as soon as I get a different file from a different host. Meaning: link speed matters but also does the capability of the server where you get the files because most of them limit the speed to avoid being collapsed :-) > I regularly log 40-47Kb/s on updates.. Cheers, That's very litte even for a plain ADSL2+ line but the problem can be located at the server side not the client (you/your ISP network). Try with a different mirror to compare speeds or use Oracle servers -which are really fast- to get a random file, that will provide you with a more "real sense" about you line capabilities. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k103se$agf$4...@ger.gmane.org
