Thread: When Are Slower Than Max Speeds A Fault?
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Old 11-04-2005, 10:59   #13
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Re: When Are Slower Than Max Speeds A Fault?
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Originally Posted by Paul M
Speed is dependant on the intermediate network (outside of ntl) and the far end server. If four or more people are downloading from a server on a 10Mbit connection then they are not going to get 3Mbit each, not matter what ntl's network is like ......

That's actually a point I've made a few times myself..

You can have the fastest connection on earth, yet if the server you are accessing (or any of the intermediate "hops" on the data's journery to you) is operating at anywhere near it's full capacity, you will be limited by that.
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