Re: Why doesn't 56k modem maintain initial download speed?
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Posted by Unknown on November 30, 2007, 5:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options example, one block of data has a transmission error it must be retransmitted changing the average speed. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Plato on November 30, 2007, 5:41 pm
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> It is constantly calculating an average speed as it is running. If for > example, one block of data has a transmission error > it must be retransmitted changing the average speed. Due to the speed of the connection and the server you are downloading from. > >I find that when downloading a file, the initial kbps speed shown
> > typically starts out much faster than it ends up. It might show a > > speed of 15 or 20 kbps and then eventually winds down to typically > > around 5 kbps. > > > > During those initial seconds when the speed is higher, it might d/l > > 300 or 400 kb really quick, at a much faster pace than it does for the > > rest of the download. > > > > It seems that the modem is capable of taking the data much more > > rapidly than the speed at which it maintains the download, why doesn't > > it maintain the higher speed? -- http://www.bootdisk.com/ | |||||||||||||
> typically starts out much faster than it ends up. It might show a
> speed of 15 or 20 kbps and then eventually winds down to typically
> around 5 kbps.
>
> During those initial seconds when the speed is higher, it might d/l
> 300 or 400 kb really quick, at a much faster pace than it does for the
> rest of the download.
>
> It seems that the modem is capable of taking the data much more
> rapidly than the speed at which it maintains the download, why doesn't
> it maintain the higher speed?