I've noticed that whenever I am downloading something, my connection gets crippled. It's like 98% of my bandwidth is going toward downloading the file, so trying to browse Q3W while I wait feels like I'm on 56k, when I'm really on a 1mb cable connection. It doesn't matter if I use IE's default way of downloading thins or a 3rd party app. Recently I switched over to Firefox and still have the problem.
Anyone know if there's a way to specify file downloads to only use a certain percetage of my available bandwidth?
you get get external programs that lmit bandwidth usage, netlimiter limits specific programs like firefox and ie, and you can also get a program like getright, slap your download in there and make a cap.
I had a similar experience as you with my 1meg line, it turned out the problem wasn't at my end. But the local exchange was getting a phat upgrade and teething problems resulted in dodgey connections.
I've noticed that if your whole upload is used, browsing becomes very slow. Therefore, when I share stuff, I limit it to 80kb/s out of my total ~90kb/s (900kbps) and its all fine. I've never had issues with the download bandwidth causing the problem though.
A better connection? Pfft. Games and web browsing is fine. I can't imagine needing a better connection for anything. The only time I have a problem is when downloading things, it feels like I'm back on dialup (though my file downloads at 300KBps).
yes. your download goes at 300kb/s. thats why everything is slow. are you daft? you are completely hogging the line of all other traffic. its because you have a shitty connection. and dont pfft me about it, its true.
