[G4] Broadband Speed Liar's Poker

[sr ferenczy]

i think the test site he is using is fine. he is just experiencing the  
broadband phenomenon of having a faster connection than does the server  
he is connected to.

for instance:

this download comes to me at 88 KBps:

http://planetmirror.com/pub/macgamefiles/aspyr/indiana-jones-demo.dmg

but this one (from apple) comes to me at 185 KBps:

http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty1.pl/ 
product=03350&platform=osx&method=sa/Java141Update1.dmg


the problem isnt my DSL, but rather the maximum output capacity of the  
server i am downloading from. on 56k modem, the bottleneck is most  
assuredly yourself (7 KBps maximum -56 Kbps) but when broadband comes  
online, al of a sudden you have a downstream (1.5 Mbps +) faster than  
many servers upstreams.

sandor


>
> Oh and find a better test site.
> Jim
>