t1 versus cabel/modem

[Lorenzo Prince]

Quite possible, however in Winblows, I tried a considerable amount of
programs that were supposed to configure the system properly and/pr boost
my connection speed, and each one of them actually slowed my system down
more.  And even reinstalling Winblows on a clean hard drive from the
actual Microsoft-issued CD didn't help.  Winblows systems just must be
very hard to configure for maximum throughput.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> Simply switching to Linux does not explain such a speed difference.  While
> Linux does perform more efficiently than does Windows, the difference should
> certainly not be nearly as great.  It is more likely that the Windows
> machine was somehow misconfigured.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: t1 versus cabel/modem
>
>
> > Here's an interesting thing that happened to me.  I am supposed to,
> > according to the cable company, have a 1.5 Mbit connection.  Back when I
> > was using Winblos, I couldn't get anywhere near that.  I usually could
> > only download at about 13KB/s.  Then I discovered Linux!  Wow!  Suddenly
> > I am downloading at over 230KB/s nearly all the time.  Is Linux just that
> > good for connecting to the internet or is there another explanation for
> > this?  Whatever it is, I am enjoying it.
> >
> > Lorenzo
> >
> > E Pluribus Unix
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Glenn Ervinat home wrote:
> >
> > > I have a cable connection, and I am only using half speed, to save 5
> bucks a
> > > month, and I download at around 75 to 80 KB per second.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "monte single" <mrsingle at shaw.ca>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:51 PM
> > > Subject: t1 versus cabel/modem
> > >
> > >
> > > How does the download rate of  t1 compare to cabel modem. On my cable
> modem
> > > connection I think I
> > > depends a lot on where I am downloading from. Sometimes I may only get
> > > twenty or thirty kbs/s. When I
> > > downloaded redhat 8.0 from limestone.oregon.edu----i think that was it,
> it
> > > was more like 360 kbs/s.
> > >
> > > Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks to everyone for their reply.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to Aaron for recommending the planetmirror site, and for the
> backup
> > > on that recommendation.
> > > >
> > > > I'm downloading the iso from there right now as I write this.
> > > >
> > > > Having t1 is indeed very nice (smile).
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Greg
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:32:01AM -0500, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > Oh, they're there, all right. On most of the slackware mirrors, but
> the
> > > > > servers are so loaded down you're gonna have a fun time getting
> them.
> > > Hope
> > > > > you got a broadband connection, because if you're stuck with 56K
> (like I
> > > > > am) you probably don't have a chance for another month or so when
> all
> > > these
> > > > > broadband users get done grabbing there isos. The best URL seems to
> be
> > > the
> > > > > one on planetmirror which was given here earlier, but as I said...
> good
> > > > > luck getting ahold of it. Of course, if you want to, you can make
> your
> > > own
> > > > > iso image (instructions are found in isolinux/README.txt on
> slackware
> > > 9.0
> > > > > mirror sites).
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Jacob
> > > > >
> > > > >
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