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does this happen to anyone else?

weeder · 2006-01-30 18:59:12

i start a download and its 5 or 600kb/s on a 2Mb line it happened todat it started at 1000kb/s and downloaded 8 megs there and then

30-01-2006 7:59pm

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weeder

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i start a download and its 5 or 600kb/s on a 2Mb line it happened todat it started at 1000kb/s and downloaded 8 megs there and then

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#2 30-01-2006 8:18pm

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you should count yourself lucky, I can only get 250kb @ best on my 2MB line.

It always starts high & then stabilizes around 200 - 250 for me :cool:

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#3 30-01-2006 9:29pm

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yeah its usually tht for me so i was amazed when it said 100kb/s

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#4 31-01-2006 1:58am

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weeder wrote:

i start a download and its 5 or 600kb/s on a 2Mb line it happened todat it started at 1000kb/s and downloaded 8 megs there and then

Yep I have seen that too recently, it's called bandwith bursting and only happens when there is plenty of spare bandwith. It gives you a short burst of tranfer at a higher speed which is determined by a burst ratio usually 2:1 or sometimes 4:1 If your line had a normal transfer rate of 600Kbps then a 2:1 Burst would give you up 1200Kbps for a short time.

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