Actually, 6Mb is only for real "web traffic"

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Post #235,535 by folkert 11/22/05 1:04:58 PM Reply	Actually, 6Mb is only for real "web traffic" not going to Giganews. Comcast and giganews (as I understand it) have multiple Gig-E fibers tween them. I also am getting better than 10Mb speeds with my newsgroups downloading. My fastest speed so far grabbing newsgroups stuff from Giganews is 1475 Kilo Bytes (not bits) per second, sustained. That is right 1,475KB/sec. Running seven sessions to Giganews grabbing articles. Let me see... that is right up there ~ 16Megabits/second (including encoding alogs). Which I thought was the maximum DOCSIS could do on the service lines. Cool. I'll take it. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #236,887 by inthane-chan 12/2/05 5:17:25 PM Reply	Wow - that's a lot of porn.
Post #236,913 by folkert 12/2/05 11:03:20 PM Reply	Yeah, my twitching finger is getting tired! -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #236,938 by drewk 12/3/05 10:58:09 AM Reply	Arrrgh! Can't claw image out of brain! === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #236,946 by folkert 12/3/05 2:23:01 PM Reply	What? Que'n up newsgroup posting for download? Mouse Twitch? But, the general effect has been a GREAT affect... hasnnit? -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.

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Actually, 6Mb is only for real "web traffic" - (folkert) - (4) - Nov. 22, 2005, 01:04:58 PM EST

Wow - that's a lot of porn. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Dec. 2, 2005, 05:17:25 PM EST

Yeah, my twitching finger is getting tired! -NT - (folkert) - (2) - Dec. 2, 2005, 11:03:20 PM EST

Arrrgh! Can't claw image out of brain! -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2005, 10:58:09 AM EST

What? Que'n up newsgroup posting for download? Mouse Twitch? - (folkert) - Dec. 3, 2005, 02:23:01 PM EST

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