On Sat, 29 May 2004 01:20:00 +0900, Rodney Webster  ...
>
>In article <c97hte023ad@drn.newsguy.com>,
> Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 May 2004 22:20:15 +0900, Rodney Webster  ...
>> >
>> >Logically speaking, having a gigabit interface shouldn't make a 
>> >difference unless whatever your PC is connected to also has a gigbit 
>> >interface, and you are downloading data faster than 100Mbps - or 
>> >actually ~88Mbps because this is pretty much the maximum you can get 
>> >from a 100Mbps interface.
>> 
>> But not all 100M cards are made equal. Some of the drivers are really really
>> badly written, double handing data and not handingly interupts very well.
>> Jonathon may just have had a shitty card.
>
>True.  But it would have to be really, really, really shitty to affect 
>speeds of around "2 mb/s".  In the end the internet is going to be the 
>major determining factor in speed, IMHO.  (Not that I have had much 
>experience with shitty hardware - broken hardware, yes, more than 
>enough, but not shitty hardware.)
>

Yes of course 2mb/s is not exactly pushing the limit is it?

Having a bit of Metro Ether linking my work computer to all the other ISPs is
quite a luxury.

(i save pr0n DLing for home)


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