Superspeed 56k modem

digiking

Hi
My 56 k modem is going mad lately if i try to download something from apple . com i downloads at about 100 k a second 20mb in 5 mins pretty unreal

Check it out

_sheep

I see your modem is travelling so fast it created two threads

From my other post:
Downloading 100KB a sec on your 56kb(max) line.

Nice, dont suppose you had already downloaded the file or something equally as stupid

_sheep

Start downloading a huge file (using the i.e download manager), when it asks you where to save it to just leave it sit there, come back after a long period and viola, it'll tell you your downloading at a couple of hundred megs a second. Internet explorer doesnt always tell the truth

(Get a proper download manager)

mike65

Yeah its the buffer/cache. You (word edit) had the download acelertator on pause I bet. If you sit there and watch the whole download as it happens it'll say something like 4 kb at the end.

Mike.

zoro

This happened to me before - I was on 56k at the time, and I went online to finish a 15 meg DL as I only had half of it.

I didnt notice at first, until I saw the dl progress bar flying along - I was connect at 512k or something ridiculous like that

I got disconnected 5 mins later though. but I got the file

And I was using Download Accelerator - but it was NOT a buffer or cache - the network connection icon in the sys-tray showed a huge connection speed - and subsequent downloads were at the higher data rate until I got cut off

Tazzle

My head is bleeding and my table isn't even dented.

andrew163

that used to happen to me on dialup quite alot even if id never downloaded the file before, or paused it..

i eventually narrowed it down to be a compression thing. theres a "broadband test file" on the eircom servers that can be downloaded at broadband speeds through dialup, because it's the same pattern over and over again. the modem can compress this massively and i was getting a speed of 55KB/sec (440kbit/sec) on a 28k connection

vibe666

yep, that's it eggsackery.

also had it happen before.

large files with nothing in them.

once you have the files downloaded try using winzip or winrar to compress them using maximum compression, and see what ratio's you end up with.

digiking

i swear i never download the file before, i was downloading darwin from devoloper.apple.com to try out a powerpc emulator for windows...cool or what its called pear pc

doing the same thing again

perhaps it due to the fact its open source based so much of the code repeats itself

Asok

Originally posted by digiking
i swear i never download the file before, i was downloading darwin from devoloper.apple.com to try out a powerpc emulator for windows...cool or what its called pear pc

doing the same thing again

perhaps it due to the fact its open source based so much of the code repeats itself

Ahm no.

zAbbo

darwin eh, how appropriate

po0k

[network-electronic_engineer]


It's physically impossible to squeeze that much raw data down a 56k dial-up connection due to the frequency range (lower than human voice) at which they operate.

You are either connected through a local caching proxy server, it downloaded a large chunk in the background whilst you were choosing which folder to save it to, you don't actually know what connection you've got or a few other things.

Recognise that you're wrong and concede defeat gracefully.

[/network-electronic_engineer]

po0k

Originally posted by bazH
darwin eh, how appropriate

Pity it doesn't extend to the net

BigEejit

Originally posted by Tazzle
My head is bleeding and my table isn't even dented.

ROFL ... quote of the day

Mutant_Fruit

doing the same thing again

Start downloading it, and after 10 hours tell us how many mb's are left...

digiking

nah i went and used the 2megabit connection in the office instead it took about 25 mins to complete

andrew163

Originally posted by SyxPak
It's physically impossible to squeeze that much raw data down a 56k dial-up connection due to the frequency range (lower than human voice) at which they operate.

raw data yep, but modems have built-in data compression routines to make stuff go faster... more data for yer 1's and 0's

tman

Originally posted by andrew163
raw data yep, but modems have built-in data compression routines to make stuff go faster... more data for yer 1's and 0's

yup, a 600k walkthrough will only take a few seconds to load on gamefaqs.com

Fobia

My modem downloads at 200kb/sec, I play quakeworld online at .2 ms. This is the real reason I still don't have a "good connection", honest.

I win, goodnight.

The Real B-man

The day dial up modems will be in musems & you can get broadband on mt everest ill be happy curse dial up:mad: