2012-02-07, 10:29 AM
imilne Wrote:Maybe you want to know why that download from blah.com in the US is taking 10 times longer.The point I'm trying to make is a download from far away can be quicker than a download which is local (not the other way around). It all comes down to how fast the connection is to the end-point regardless of how close it is geographically.
I ran a test and downloaded a 700MB image from the Microsoft downloads site, it took around 10 minutes. At peak the System plugin told me I was running at around 67 Mb/s - not possible with my broadband connection.
I can download files of only a few megabytes and they take forever depending on server load. I still don't understand this aspect for general usage even for tech type people as it doesn't really explain anything about anything.
Quote:Maybe you don't care and just comment out the display in the skin file...Explain that to the end users how to do that.