My connection is a 10 Mbit/s optic fiber. And it's all mine, no neighbours to share it with. Also, the download/upload ratios aren't fixed: I can download at 999 kb/s and upload at 1 kb/sec or vice versa, as long at the sum is 10 mbit (which is actually a bit more than 1000 kb/sec).
However it seems to me that there is a bit of confusion here: it doesn't matter how fast your connection is, if your data gets through a slow node, it will be slowed down. Hence it's perfectly normal that:
Originally posted by Earthdog
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there are the sites that wont let me download at anything faster than 40kps but line conditions and the number of users downloading from a site must be taken into consideration.
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If the site has been allocated only a small amount of bandwidth, you won't get anything more than what it can spare.
And also:
Originally posted by Crimsomblade
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with T1 through my phone line 725 mbps, from off to Ironworks forum main page takes about 15 seconds then from forum page to page another 5-6 seconds...
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As Ziroc (bow to the King) pointed out, there is something wrong: your data must be passing through too many internet nodes before getting to you. To get to ironworks I must get through at least 30 nodes, and I can get my pages in 3-4 secs. Maybe the route of the data isn't your only problem. Do you experience such slowdowns on other sites as well?