-> MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to DAVID BOWERMAN:
->
-> MF> That's pretty bad, my friend with the Internet acount gets from
-> MF> 3.2-4.0k per second.
->
-> My record was when I ftp'd Java from IBM's Hursley site.  A massive 3
-> byte/second before I aborted the transfer.  The entire Internet is ge
-> jammed rather solidly these days.  Even a file directly from a
-> mirror site on my ISP's machines runs about 4.5K/second -- the same
-> file via Fidonet and it's less loaded systems came in here at
-> 5.4K/second with a connect that was 1333 bps slower.
What also can effect the speed is which backbone you are on and which
one the server is on.  There are two main internet hubs in the Us one is
Washington Dc, and one in San jose, ca (luckily, I'm really close to the
san jose hub).
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