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Originally Posted by dozey
The thing is, I can't max out downstraem due to shitty international links. Only rarely do I exceed 8 megabits connecting to west coast USA, east + everwhere else is worse.
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It's called the laws of physics and a transmission protocol that was conceived when 9600bps was blindingly fast.
Tip: if you need to download more than one file from a particular site, do them simultaneously - if you have enough bw headroom then they should each go around the same speed as if it was just a single stream. eg 150kbytes/sec single, 450kbytes/sec if you download 3 at a time.
natas: AU had cable back in the early-mid 90s in selected suburbs of large cities, but they've stopped laying cable. If I remember correctly both Telstra and Optus abandoned new cable laying around the same time... no point spending the money if your competitor doesn't bother, eh?