INMHO the upload speed from the site you are downloading from may play some part in your download speed. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blick" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Download speed >> Can someone tell me why I often have slow download speeds even though I >> have broadband. It seems as though it often happens. The download starts >> at a high speed, say 150-200kB/s and rapidly drops to below 40kB/s. This >> happens no matter what server I am downloading from. Perhaps 60% of my >> downloads are like this. > > Hi Vic, > > If you use Firefox, it starts the download before the speed counter pops > up. The longer you take to reply to the download requester, the more is > downloaded, so when you do hit OK the rate is exaggerated. > > 40KB/sec roughly correlates to 400Kb/sec. That sounds like broadband to > me. The speed is limited by several things: > > How much you've paid for. > If it's DSL, how far from the CO you are. > Cable modem? How busy and how oversold it is. > Outgoing speed of who you are downloading from. > Your provider may be using selective throttling(thank Chops' company for > that "feature") > > Cheerful regards, > > Bob > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist