Why Have Cable?

[newcster68]

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You know I really do not know why I have Road Runner Cable. I understand about the speeds with p2p but I also try to download files from mirc, which you get them directly from that person. So, why can I only get download speeds like 38kbs 0r maybe a little higher. Isn't it supposed to be higher like up in the 200's? Someone help me understnad this or explain a good reason why I can't get this. Why should I pay $50 a month for service that I am not happy with? :angry:

[Giy]

is this a wind up?

but if not.... if the person you are downloading off of can only send u the file at 30kps then thats all ur going to get... :rolleyes:

[newcster68]

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So, what you are basically trying to tell me is that in order to get a great download speed i need to download from someone that is using cable or higher? Another question...Most ppl who have files and that put them on mirc supposed to be using cable or higher? <_<

[BROCKSTER]

congratulations rnt u clever corse u cant download really fast if there on a 56k modem. and not everyone can get cable in there area come on not everyone can afford it or allowed it man think ur soundin snobby <_< <_<

[ne1GotZardoz]

Originally posted by newcster68@16 March 2003 - 12:03
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So, what you are basically trying to tell me is that in order to get a great download speed i need to download from someone that is using cable or higher? Another question...Most ppl who have files and that put them on mirc supposed to be using cable or higher? <_<
I use to use mirc. It&#39;s only advantage is that most of the files you find on kazaa were there first.
Oh...And you can find people with some very selective archives.
Like if you&#39;re into older movies, or porn or what-have-you, there will be someone to cater to your needs.

The major advantage on kazaa is that you don&#39;t have to wait in queue,
You can download one file from multiple users, meaning that even if none of them has cable or above, you can still get decent combined speeds,
and you don&#39;t have to worry about what happens if the guy you&#39;re downloading from logs off at 87% and you are not able to find him online again.

Mirc is great. Kazaa is better.

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[TechSonic]

mIRC is trash&#33; Down right nasty garbage. Only good for chat and it still lacks good chat funtions. And the scum bag that made it charges people to use it. Tisk tisk tisk people. Don&#39;t you regonize a porly designed program when you see it? It&#39;s visual design is disgusting.

[Giy]

Originally posted by newcster68@16 March 2003 - 12:03
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So, what you are basically trying to tell me is that in order to get a great download speed i need to download from someone that is using cable or higher? Another question...Most ppl who have files and that put them on mirc supposed to be using cable or higher? <_<
theres no rule that says you have to have a minimum upload speed of 60kps or higher or what ever, think about what you are saying..
if there were not meany people would be able to use it ;)

here in the uk the fastest *home* internet connection is 1024/256, 256 for uploading which means you can upload at 30kps and download at 130kps(thats in perfect conditions as well.. ) also if 2 people are downloading off of 1 person then there upload speed is shared between both... so 30kps becomes 15kps etc etc

[Razz]

:lol: :lol: :lol: mirc uses KBytes/s not bits :lol: :lol: :lol:
your actually getting a good speed

[Wizzandabe]

i got adsl. same speed as a cable. it is 512k

[Giy]

ntl actauly cap there *512* service at *600* so not quite as fast.. but u do have faster upload at 256 compared to cable at 128 ;)

[SEViN]

If you&#39;re trying to get the latest games/apps, IRC is usually for me the fastest way to get them. Most of the bots hit an upwards of 150-200KB/s, so it doesn&#39;t take that long. Don&#39;t use mIRC by the way for IRC, it&#39;s not very good. Games and stuff seems to take longer to get sharing on FastTrack, but it&#39;s the best p2p proggie for music and movies.

[kAb]

my cable is great :huh:

i get generally good speeds... not always what i want, but it is fairly fast.

i don&#39;t think i will change for a long time.

[lunatacs]

cable modems are good when you download things from the web. when downloading from the web, your speeds fairly can reach 100k and higher. when downloading from a person who uses 56k speeds will drop because you can only send as much information as much as the other side can handle depending on their speeds. you want higher speeds, you need to download from people who use cable or higher. plus, having cable works great on network gaming if you play games such as , CS, tfc and NS and other ones...

cable has great benfits, only depends on how you use them. on kazaa, thats a different story :rolleyes:

[junkyardking]

there is a number of reason you may geting slow speed including connecting to 56k&#39;s like me.

your computer might not be config right or your line may a fault

try these sites that test your speed and get back to us with the results

http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest

http://www.pcpitstop.com/
:rolleyes:

[Drunkin'Monk]

i agree with ne1GotZardoz, mirc dl speed is slow,and it&#39;s hard to use and complicated , just stick with the basic. USE KAZAA

[metalrebelzz]

newb, drunkinmonk, the only reason you bag on mIRC is cause u don&#39;t know how to use it....

i dunnno about you, but i get alot of my stuff off of IRC, like someone earlier said, you can find selective stuff and new releases of things that aren&#39;t on kazaa......

[SEViN]

Originally posted by Drunkin&#39;Monk@17 March 2003 - 00:28
i agree with ne1GotZardoz, mirc dl speed is slow,and it&#39;s hard to use and complicated , just stick with the basic. USE KAZAA
Have you ever even used IRC? It&#39;s not mIRC btw, mIRC is just a program to access IRC, a bad one at that. I do use Kazaa, it&#39;s great, but it doesn&#39;t have a very good software/game selection, and if they do have it, not many people have it and it&#39;s kinda slow. IRC is wicked fast off of bots, and I don&#39;t see any reason not to use it...

[gumbydancin]

Why have cable you ask? Because it&#39;s like lightning. I get 3.5-4 mbps personnally. And it&#39;s cheaper than dsl here. Now if we could only them to raise the upload speeds a bit.