College doesn't have to be boring.....

[Albinus]

My college just got a T1 line put in, look at the transfer rate for a game patch:

[Wiggo]

Isn't it a shame when the server at the other end won't even get your connection warmed up? :D
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[Albinus]

T1 Line = 1500Kbps = 187.5KB/sec maximum, I don't think 162KB/sec is too bad with the library full of people browsing as well ;)

[Andy]

bah, in that case, my and/or wiggo's cable can beat it by a mile or 10

[Albinus]

bah, in that case, my and/or wiggo's cable can beat it by a mile or 10

Really Andy? I know Optus cable can download in excess of 500KB/sec OFF OPTUS' OWN SERVERS..... but what is your usual transfer off a sluggish site like AusGamers???

[Wiggo]

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Really Andy? I know Optus cable can download in excess of 500KB/sec OFF OPTUS' OWN SERVERS..... but what is your usual transfer off a sluggish site like AusGamers???

Nope, all ya have to do is latch onto another d/l or 2. ;)
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[Andy]

Really Andy? I know Optus cable can download in excess of 500KB/sec OFF OPTUS' OWN SERVERS..... but what is your usual transfer off a sluggish site like AusGamers???

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[Beefy]

I'm still happy with the 2Mbit microwave connection we got at work.. when it works, anyways.. :D

[Grim Reaper]

well...well...well....im still happy with my 4kps! :p


*walks off sobbing and mumbling 'no im not'*

[Anonymous]

<img src="http://members.optushome.com.au/dslee/dl_37.jpg">
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That's pretty damn good there Andy....... however in Brisbane I haven't seen Optus cable go that fast :(

[The Wizard]

pretty suite d00d!!

[Andy]

and thats not even the full potential of my connection :D

[zeradul]

My college connection, on off peak hours, it is not uncommon to peak above 1 MB/sec. Our college got a T1 connection in 1996 (so I'm told) and wasn't upgraded until 2000, and since I have asked anyone I can find (as far as res-net), (but they are all incompetant) and noone knows what exactly we have.

The best I have sustained was this 1,190 K/sec.

Albinus, I don't know your exact situation, but I would suggest that you not go around bragging about being on the connection, because if people hear that, they will persue getting on, and all of a sudden, the 187 K/sec will be chopped in 1000 pieces....

In late 99, it got so bad that we could not load a page from 3 PM - 11PM. Napster was partly to blame, but it was just as bad at times the previous year (pre-Napster era)

[Albinus]

Albinus, I don't know your exact situation, but I would suggest that you not go around bragging about being on the connection, because if people hear that, they will persue getting on, and all of a sudden, the 187 K/sec will be chopped in 1000 pieces....

I usually bring my machine along at night or on Saturday when nobody is using the Internet connection - so bragging here is perfectly fine methinks :p

[zeradul]

Well, i wasn't talking about bragging here (the forum) so much as to your real life friends.... I was assuming you lived on the campus at the college...