In California Time-Warner who provide my cable Internet service have begun a high-speed Road Runner connection...yet I havn't noticed any difference in my download time on my Mac laptop!
Bea >am 25.07.2007 16:50 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] unter >[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Anyway, I have noticed that lately the laptop's downloading has slowed >> down. I checked the bandwidth using an internet speedtest and it was >> only 1796 mbps on the laptop whereas the desktop was simultaneously >> reading 3918 mbps. They are both running Firefox 2.0.0.5 on OS 10.4.10. >> >> Any ideas as to how I can speed the laptop up? (If indeed I can.....) > >I'd guess it has something to do with the servers on the other end of the >line... and not your laptop or desktiop. > >I have a DSL line capable of 6000 kBit/second. This oughta give me download >speeds of around 600 kByte/second. However, even with this DSL capacity I >often experience download speeds of around 100 kByte/second or around 200 >kByte/second. But this is soleley a thing of the sever I download from. Some >servers are just slow or overcrowded... > >Udo > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

