Re: maybe off topic but i need advice from networking hardcores so...


<randay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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what is the deal with file uploading over http? how come it is so
darned slow? what kind of network pipes does good upstream throughput
require? sorry again for an offtopic post but holy crap this
information seems hard to come by.

Uploading over http isn't slow in particular. But, some people are running
ADSL -- that "A" stands for Asynchronous and denotes the fact that upload
and download speeds are not the same. Upload typically being much less than
download -- my service was 1.5Mpbs down and 384kps up, now is 3Mbps down and
812kps up. Doesn't matter if it's http or ftp, that's just the service.
Most people download more than they upload so it suits them ok.

Synchronous bandwidth is generally more expensive but many cable providers
give their connections as synchcronous.

-Russ.


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