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Originally posted by Unregistered
Ok, so I'm a pathetic loser and I only have dial up (sucks to be poor) but does anyone know how I can get more out of my measly 56k? My downloads usually run about 1Kbps. Anything substantial takes 10 or more hours (ouch!). Unfortunately, getting a faster connection like cable or DSL is not an option.
-Smiley the snail |
Do you really think that dial up users are pathetic losers?
Many people use dial up because they:
- cant afford it
- dont need it
- cant get it
I'm using dial up too
1 kbps is really slow for a modem, I think 5 kbps download speed is normal using 56k. I have a ISDN and its maximum 7 - 8 kbps.
If you download from webpages or FTP servers use download managers like Flashget, they speed up the download by requesting the file several times (segmented download / swarming).
Using Gnutella you should try to download from fast hosts (dsl, cable, t1, t3) only. Many clients (limewire included) support swarming so you should get a better performance if you download one file which is available several times in the GNet.