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murfitUK · 05-04-2007, 03:03

Not that I'm complaining, just wondering how it works.

When I do a backup of my webspace (with i-web solutions) it downloads to my computer. Its the speed of the download that leaves me gobsmacked.

I'm on the 4Mb service with VM and for about a year now have had rubbish browsing and downloads. Usually the download manager in firefox tells me I'm downloading something at about 80kB/sec (that's usually the max I can get) but when I download the backup it starts at about 5600kB/sec. I look at it in wonder as the megabytes download at about 5 per second.

This carries on for the first 150megs or so and then drops to 700/800kB/sec up to about 250megs and then for the last 20 or 30 it goes back down to the 80 or so kB/sec. Its great - 250/300MB in under two minutes.

Can anyone explain why it does this - and more importantly why can't my everyday browsing and downloading be just as quick? When I log in to the web hosting control panel I have to use an address with a :8443 at the end which I assume is different from the usual html browsing?

Like I said, I'm not complaining that its so fast, but I am curious to find out how it works.

Thanks.

05-04-2007, 03:03	#1
murfitUK Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 273	Why is this download so fast? Not that I'm complaining, just wondering how it works. When I do a backup of my webspace (with i-web solutions) it downloads to my computer. Its the speed of the download that leaves me gobsmacked. I'm on the 4Mb service with VM and for about a year now have had rubbish browsing and downloads. Usually the download manager in firefox tells me I'm downloading something at about 80kB/sec (that's usually the max I can get) but when I download the backup it starts at about 5600kB/sec. I look at it in wonder as the megabytes download at about 5 per second. This carries on for the first 150megs or so and then drops to 700/800kB/sec up to about 250megs and then for the last 20 or 30 it goes back down to the 80 or so kB/sec. Its great - 250/300MB in under two minutes. Can anyone explain why it does this - and more importantly why can't my everyday browsing and downloading be just as quick? When I log in to the web hosting control panel I have to use an address with a :8443 at the end which I assume is different from the usual html browsing? Like I said, I'm not complaining that its so fast, but I am curious to find out how it works. Thanks.