Re: Download speed

[Gerben Welter <G.Welter@rocleiden.nl>]

At 03:15 7/23/00 +0200, Alex wrote:
>Hi,
>
>if am using dvbd  with any transponder and download a file via FTP my
>max download speed is 17 kb/s
>Europeonline offers download speed up to 2 m/bit
>Is it possible to reach a faster downlad than 17 kb/s with linux?
>
>If it is posible, please tell me how to make a faster download....

Yes, just open a few other downloads. Or if you're on a windoze box, use 
GetRight's segmented downloading. At one time I was able to reach 150 
kByte/s, using 8 simultaneous downloads. But that was a long time ago :(

Grtz Gerben.