Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Widescreen
Ok this is getting at me now
Tried downloading from usenet - getting under 100kb/sec
Tried downloading linux distribution - getting 280kb/sec
Done ADSL guide speedtest - got 148kb/sec
Phoned NTL, told me to go to Proxy site, site gives you three options, download 1meg, 10meg, 50meg file, told me to download 50meg file, downloading it i was getting full 10mb speeds.
Then tried usenet and sites and still getting crap speeds no matter what site i go to.
feel like in a no win situation all the time
|
Try using Newleecher as your newsreader client as it allows you to download 1 file split into seperate parts. For example i use 15 connections(bots) with Newsleecher & Newshosting and it maxes me out.