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Post by mikeukmid on Apr 17, 2008 8:06:15 GMT -5
ADSL - Asynchronous Asymetric DSL. Typical download speed is ten times the upload speed. When running RB personal server and someone downloads a file from the server, how does that appear to the ISP servers? Is the download classed as an upload as far as the ISP is concerned? ie at a slower speed, if so that would be a plus point for RunBASIC.net
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Post by Carl Gundel - admin on Apr 17, 2008 11:02:42 GMT -5
That depends. The server at runbasic.com is running over ADSL. Can you tell?
-Carl
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Post by zoomkat on Apr 17, 2008 22:23:29 GMT -5
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Post by mikeukmid on Apr 18, 2008 4:41:54 GMT -5
I've not noticed anything untoward. A typical application is going to work OK even at upload speed I would guess. My query is related to downloading large (10's of MB) mp3 files or photo albums from RB personal server, which if the 'download' speed is limited to the ISP's 'upload' speed, is a no-no. I can get round that though by keeping large files in the freespace allocated by my ISP and linking to there.  I will get a definitive answer on this (for my ISP of course) by running a download test with a 20MB file from another connection. |
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Post by Jerry Muelver on Apr 18, 2008 6:27:11 GMT -5
A 20MB file!  On my home system, that would be almost three hours. So, I start the download and I go outside and practice golf shots, cut a little grass, walk the dog, split some wood, build a garage.... |
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Post by mikeukmid on Apr 18, 2008 9:17:10 GMT -5
Three hours dial-up, a little over a minute, broadband
We brits may not get much of a summer, but at least we have broadband ;D
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Post by Carl Gundel - admin on Apr 18, 2008 15:03:41 GMT -5
Well, it can be important what your access speed is but this is outside the control or responsibility of RBPS.  Contact your ISP, or switch to a different one. I have noticed that some of the RB sites that testers put up were very slow. I don't know what sort of internet connection they had or what sort of hardware they were running on. The Run BASIC site itself runs behind a rather typical ADSL modem (1.5Mbps/750Kbps) on a now 4 year old Athlon with only 1GB RAM. We're not having performance problems. -Carl I've not noticed anything untoward. A typical application is going to work OK even at upload speed I would guess. My query is related to downloading large (10's of MB) mp3 files or photo albums from RB personal server, which if the 'download' speed is limited to the ISP's 'upload' speed, is a no-no. I can get round that though by keeping large files in the freespace allocated by my ISP and linking to there. I will get a definitive answer on this (for my ISP of course) by running a download test with a 20MB file from another connection. |
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Post by neiljeff on Apr 18, 2008 15:24:30 GMT -5
"ADSL - Asynchronous DSL"
"A" is for "Asymetric", not "Asynchronous"
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Post by mikeukmid on Apr 18, 2008 15:42:58 GMT -5
Quite right, my brain slot index started at 0 that day instead of 1  |
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Post by mikeukmid on Apr 20, 2008 8:59:34 GMT -5
My ADSL is typically 3Mbs download/360Kbs upload and downloading from RBPS works at the upload speed. Therefore it is not practical to offer visitors large file downloads. That should not detract from the usefulness of RB though as the same problem would occur whatever server software is used. The only solution as far as I can see would be to have a symetric DSL line costing an arm and a leg!
Carl said
Others commented on my homepage being slow to load, although I have kept graphics to a minimum with the largest jpg file being 62KBytes and only one jpg is displayed at random.
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Contact your ISP, or switch to a different one.