Re: [TCLUG:20646] Root login + Free hosting

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:
> The argument is that the internet doesn't have the infrastructure to
> handle residential users with high-speed connections.  But if you're
> downloading from Citilink's tucows mirror or something else that's close
> or has enough capacity you'll definately benefit from more bandwidth.  The
> thing is, I've got multiple T-1's to VISI (and soon a DS-3) and I'd say on
> average downloading something from some random place I don't get full
> speed, I get probably 30KByte, sometimes 50KByte on a good day...that's a
> rough estimate of an average.

Seriously? At least half the stuff I tend to download here (Sprint/MRNet),
I get >75kbps.. usually around 100-130..

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