IIRC, we aren't currently asking the user what their connection type is, on installation.
The better we can make freenet work by default on people's computers, without overwhelming them, the more likely they are to keep it running. I think we can best do that by enablign BW limiting by default, to some percentage of their connection speed. I suggest that we ask the user what their connection speed is- Modem, Cable (256K, 512, 1M, 2M), etc, and then try to auto-set a default BW limiting. Additionally, we could tryy to be nice to their connection, by autodetecting it. Have an option in the installer (and in the node) to download a testfile from a fast source, such as Sourceforge.org, and time the download- We can use this to determine the speed of the connection, and set bandwidth limits accordingly. -Colin
