Faster internet is coming, but only for a few

Re:Faster internet is coming, but only for a few by kgwxd on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:51AM (#20625141)

Don't most servers throttle how much bandwidth outbound traffic gets? I never expect to get full speed downloading a random file. Even a super popular torrent might not have enough peers to reach full potential before it's done downloading.

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Re:Faster internet is coming, but only for a few by alexkiritz on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:08AM (#20625277)

I remember never getting more than a fraction of the speed. Like maybe 200 mbps max on a 500 mbps connection when downloading a file. I assumed with the number of people with gigabit connections two years ago I’d have at least run into a few servers that didn’t throttle that low.

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Re:Faster internet is coming, but only for a few by lonelappde on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:23PM (#20631507)

Those servers have more than one user, perhaps.

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