Vipros.
So, what you probably have is ADSL ( Asymmetric Digital subscriber line), this means that your download speed *is not* the same as your upload speed. The services usually come in bands like this :-

1mbit Down / 128kbit up (128KBs / 14KBs)

Mine is this:

20mbit Down / 768kbit up (2.6MB/s / 90KB/s)

The reason they tier it like this is becuase when downloading (using a regular TCP stream like bittorrent) there is a two way communication, the sender sends you a packet, you then send a packet back called an "ACK" (acknowledgement packet). This uses up data to, so for every 20mbit you are downloading at any given second you are uploading 768kbit*.

So this means that when your line is fully saturated downloading, uploading even a small amount of data can damage your bandwidth speed (download) or connection (in severe circumsances). So tell me what connection you pay for and ill let oyu know what you should limit your data connection to.

Cheers,

Axai

* figures may differ slightly depending on ISP / Tier / actual Download speed

edit: I dont know why i signed this like an email / letter??
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 19 Aug 2008, 11:46, Reply)