09-18-2010 at 03:45 PM
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Horrible Download Speeds
Is it just me, or is the download speed horrible on campus during the day? I tried multiple different techniques, including using a rapidshare premium account and I still could not get a speed higher than 50kb/s. Is this just due to the huge amount of users using the internet during the day or is it always this bad?? Is there any spot on campus or a particular time when download speeds are actually good??
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09-18-2010 at 03:49 PM
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50 kb/s is what it seems to max out at
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09-18-2010 at 04:29 PM
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Try either very late at night or very early in the morning.
The routers automatically throttle traffic if there are too many users connected to prevent one user from taking all the bandwidth.
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09-18-2010 at 04:38 PM
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We need to find a way into that sharknet server room!
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if(at_first_you_dont_su cceed) break;
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09-18-2010 at 05:05 PM
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I don't bring my laptop much to school anymore but I remember in first year I would get awesome speeds in MDCL (the biggest lecture hall) even during classes. Another good spot was ITB.
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09-18-2010 at 05:11 PM
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just use dc++
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09-18-2010 at 05:35 PM
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Yeah DC++ has godly speeds, but only if your on res.
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09-18-2010 at 06:58 PM
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I dislike it because my lecture notes (roughly 7MB) take, what seems like, forever to download.
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09-18-2010 at 07:48 PM
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heyy guys question how do i get dc++?
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09-18-2010 at 08:22 PM
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Trolling ain't easy
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Quote:
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heyy guys question how do i get dc++?
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Search the forums. There are like 10,000 posts on this.
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09-18-2010 at 08:46 PM
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Quote:
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Search the forums. There are like 10,000 posts on this.
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how do i search lol????? |
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09-18-2010 at 08:47 PM
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Quote:
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how do i search lol?????
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Cue Facepalm
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09-18-2010 at 08:49 PM
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lol srrry!!!
i try to use askjeeves.com but it doesnt come up with anything????
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09-18-2010 at 08:52 PM
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There's a big search box in the top right of each page on Macinsiders.
Search till you drop!
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09-18-2010 at 08:55 PM
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my down speeds seem to max out at 1.3mb/s.
often about 500kb/s tho
now you know this, ya
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