On a good when downloading news from this server I get 1Kps, but
the norm is somewhere between 0.1 - 0.5 Kps.

Steve

Lars W. wrote:
> 
> Hey i am surprised about that because my connections to this Newsserver
> is relatively fast ( about 3 to 5 k Bytes per second with ISDN ) and that
> from germany. Or can it be that the server resides around europe ?
> 
> greetings Lars Wolter
> 
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
> 371C95AD.CAA24E4D@pacbell.net...
> > Bob Hughes wrote:
> > > I get up to 28K sometimes at a good web site
> > > apparently but these newsgroups slow me down to those 0.1K numbers too.
> > > The connection rate will get to 10's of K when good.
> > > OT posting here but maybe someone should start a subject about the
> > > connection (u/l and d/l) speeds at p.g. so as to figure possible
> > > improvements, or at least to gripe or boast about our modems ;)
> >
> >  I have been experiencing the same behaviour for some time now and
> > have given no small amount of thought on the subject. I know that I
> > am getting max connection speeds for my pitifull 33.6 modem and like
> > you say when this server is working right speed is not an issue.
> > Instead what I think is the problem is not the server itself but it's
> > connection to the internet.
> >  I suggest the reason for the stalled/slow access on this server is
> > due to the system it is connected to. It is probably a high volume
> > nerwork with possibly older equipment and the Pov internal server
> > gets shoved aside during high volume periods. I doubt that there is
> > much that Pov admin can do about it except move to a community with
> > faster and more capable equipment. That would probably be cost
> > prohibitive as I seem to recall hearing that this site is coming to
> > us as a result of donated space and connection access.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler
> >
> > mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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