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Originally posted by amphoteric88@20 April 2003 - 03:18
the fastest that anyone can download from one source (one other person), is either the limit of the first person's download speed or the limit of the second person's upload speed. for example, if someone (person a for arguments sake), wanted to download a file from another person (person B ), then the maximum download speed person a can ever get is either person a's maximum download speed or person b's maximum upload speed, whichever is lower.
therefore, if person a has a 56k modem (maximum 56 kilobits per second download/56 kilobits per seond upload (v.92)), and person b has a 512kilobits per second adsl modem (maximum 512 kilobits per second download/256 kilobits per second upload), the maximum download speed person a can get is 56 kilobits per second (or 7 kilobytes per second). however, if person a has a 512 kilobits per second adsl modem and person b has a 56 kilobits per second modem (v.92), the maximum download speed that person a could get would be 56 kilobits per second (7 kilobytes per second).
I agree with your entire statement except for one thing. As far as I know, 56K modems can only