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Posted by ali92 on Mar-25-2002 18:01:

Download speed problems...

Letely when I download off AG, my DLs seem to be going SO slow! Slower then usual. I'm on 28.8K and I usually connect at 31.2 kbps and I still do but, my DLs have slowed to about half that (1.6 kbps) or even lower sometimes! To about 200 BYTES/ second! WHY is this? What can I do to control this? I notice that this problem ONLY has been affecting AG NOT other DLs (like Web, etc.). Has anyone else had this problem and doesn't normally have it? Let me know...

Posted by Spin Doctor on Mar-25-2002 19:34:

If you�re DL�ing of someone who doesn�t have a broadband connection, your DL rate will be affected greatly by their end. I.e. if they�re surfing while transferring a file this is going to slow it right down.

Posted by flystyler on Mar-25-2002 20:03:

Well get along to any shop and buy a 56k, they r very cheap. That wil mean you can download faster, and the TA servers r busy, so that is maybe why, otherwise you maybe connecting slowly. Try downloading else where. Ofcoarse you can only download as fast as the person yuo r downloading off Like spin said

Posted by ali92 on Mar-25-2002 21:45:

DNS Errors...

Well, I'm unsure of the other user's connection but, I DO have a 56K modem. The problem is that since I always get DNS errors whenever I connect at 45.2 kbps, my ISP gave me a Init. String that forces the modem to go at half speed (which is 28.8K)... If anyone can help me out with my DNS error problem, PLEASE let me know! My ISP has given me EVERY solution to this problem and NOTHING has worked... My modem is a PCTEL Platinum V.90 ("Winmodem")...

Posted by flystyler on Mar-26-2002 00:20:

Well change isp, or get a new modem. Heh. Never heard of a prob like that before though

Posted by Rustang! on Mar-26-2002 07:08:

It's pretty simple: if you don't share, you get shitty speeds. you need to have at least 20 mp3 files in your shared directory b4 you can d/l more than 1 file at a time, and this usually means that you will be able to download 1 file very slowly.

If you have more than 20 mp3s in your shared folder, then I guess you're just trying to get a really rare file.

Posted by ali92 on Mar-26-2002 07:25:

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Originally posted by Rustang!
It's pretty simple: if you don't share, you get shitty speeds. you need to have at least 20 mp3 files in your shared directory b4 you can d/l more than 1 file at a time, and this usually means that you will be able to download 1 file very slowly.

If you have more than 20 mp3s in your shared folder, then I guess you're just trying to get a really rare file.

I have 72 files shared and I'm NOT trying to get rare files (this happens on ALL files I DL), I'm getting files which all 4 green bars "light up"...