Question about transfer protocols and speed.

[MistahMan]

Alot of file transfer programs have this thing where you're uploading from alot of different sources to supposedly increase speed... something I never fully understood but whatever, my questions is this: My brother wanted to get this movie from Suprnova. I have it on my computer so I told him I would transfer it to him via ICQ. Which would be fastest? I would think that the transfer between him and I would be since it's dirrect. Or would the multi source logic make it faster for him to get it from Suprnova? Thanks

[alliercollins]

depends on what your upload speed is. What is it?

[cpugeniusmv]

the most likely answer is that he will get better transfer speeds from suprnova.

you probably have a typical 15 - 30 kB/s upload speed...and at suprnova, he can probably max out his download speed by connecting to multiple people with a limited upstream--like you.

i'd tell him to get it from suprnova, and seed the torrent :)

[MistahMan]

My upload spead is 128kb

[alliercollins]

Then it is 15...

Hey I was giving him the benefit of possibly having some great connection like I have at college, lol...

Just do what cpu said.

[cpugeniusmv]

Then it is 15...

Hey I was giving him the benefit of possibly having some great connection like I have at college, lol...

Just do what cpu said.

i wish i had that benefit :)

oh wait! :D

[MushroomheadXIII]

i , if i upload at max, upload at 32-35 kb per second. My isp states this as 320k/s, it only makes it look faster my putting the speed as bytes per second. Do you figure i should sue for false advertisement?

[alliercollins]

i wish i had that benefit :)

oh wait! :D

What is yours going to be? You said you went in for a bit, did you try out the internet or get info on the speed?

[Crazy Horse]

the most likely answer is that he will get better transfer speeds from suprnova.

you probably have a typical 15 - 30 kB/s upload speed...and at suprnova, he can probably max out his download speed by connecting to multiple people with a limited upstream--like you.

i'd tell him to get it from suprnova, and seed the torrent :)

Exactly...couldn't have said it better myself.

[cpugeniusmv]

What is yours going to be? You said you went in for a bit, did you try out the internet or get info on the speed?

when i went there were barely any people on it...my guess is that it's a T3.

i , if i upload at max, upload at 32-35 kb per second. My isp states this as 320k/s, it only makes it look faster my putting the speed as bytes per second. Do you figure i should sue for false advertisement?

no. sure, it stinks that ISPs use bits, kilobits, and megabits when in the real world most people use bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes...but they aren't advertising falsly, they're only using capitalization of a B (or rather the lack of one) to try to confuse you...and it works for the most part :)

[alliercollins]

when i went there were barely any people on it...my guess is that it's a T3

At least you get to i2hub it up with me. :) It's pretty nice and safe since they only give out access to ip ranges of the University. The RIAA would literally have to go on a campus and login through it to get on. Just watch out for those slow upload schools, they are as annoying as could be. You go to download from like one of them and end up with like 1 kb/s. YOu will learn which ones those are really fast.

[cpugeniusmv]

At least you get to i2hub it up with me. :) It's pretty nice and safe since they only give out access to ip ranges of the University. The RIAA would literally have to go on a campus and login through it to get on. Just watch out for those slow upload schools, they are as annoying as could be. You go to download from like one of them and end up with like 1 kb/s. YOu will learn which ones those are really fast.

i've heard about the i2hub. i certainly hope i can access it :)

[alliercollins]

Your school is on the access list. Just hope they don't slow you down to a crawl for using p2p services. I have friends who can use p2p programs at their college, but they get slowed down to like 2 kb/s. Just look for RIT or UCLA, we both have wicked fast connections. There are other schools that do to, I just don't remember which by memory. I lucked out with my college though... Open file sharing policy and you can run any type of server that you want. Their like only rule is don't get caught and if you do, they don't do anything anyway, they are just like please remove the file and you can just lie and say you did. It happened to my roommate last year with a movie off kazaa and he just told them that he had removed it. There wasn't another question asked.

[MistahMan]

when i went there were barely any people on it...my guess is that it's a T3.


no. sure, it stinks that ISPs use bits, kilobits, and megabits when in the real world most people use bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes...but they aren't advertising falsly, they're only using capitalization of a B (or rather the lack of one) to try to confuse you...and it works for the most part :)

Ok, stupid question, how many bits does it take to make a byte?

[cpugeniusmv]

Ok, stupid question, how many bits does it take to make a byte?

eight! :D:D

neat feature in google:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

query "one byte in bits". more information:

http://www.google.com/help/calculator.html

does all kinds of conversions. (yes, i did know the bits/bytes already)