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. > > Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! > Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! > A+, CCNA, Network+! > Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i > All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! > ----- 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
