[plug] gentoo install cd

[Shannon Carver]

I posted this the other day, but for some reason it didn't get returned back
to the list (my inbox at least), sorry for the repost if it did get through
to anyone.

Other factors at play too, I think..

 When my connection gets shaped 22mbps to 64kbps (go figure), the speed is
just atrocious.  If I then drop my MTU window size to that of a dialup
connection 576, it's a lot better, I've still seen dialup connections
function better though.  The ping response of ADSL2 usually helps though.

On the other hand, I fail to see how shaping a net connection to 64k is
helping the state of broadband in Australia at all.  Like, I know, I've
broken my limit, a limit which I wholeheartedly agreed to, but shaping to a
speed of similar or less performance to dialup seems a bit ridiculous, there
must be a better approach.  Efforts need to be taken to (at least in regards
to iiNet) to provide WAIX data to proxies around Perth, even if the data was
limited as it left WAIX.  They could even limit total WAIX throughput to
256-512kbps.

For now, every time I get shaped, I'll grab the ladder, turn my directional
802.11b antenna 90 degree's down the street and use one of the many
unsecured 1.5mbit DSL links in my area.

This post is completely off topic, and I apologise.

Shannon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Patrick Coleman
> Sent: Friday, 28 April 2006 8:57 AM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] gentoo install cd
> 
> AFAIK most dialup providers don't do compression, though the protocol
> supports it - it's possible you're just used to the speed (or perhaps
> more websites have started being less bandwidth-conscious)... I
> recently got shaped to 64k for about a month and it was awful :)
> -Patrick
> 
> On 4/27/06, Caleb Duggan <caleb.duggan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ah.... its cable not ADSL, does the same apply for cable?
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:07:01 +0800, Daniel Pearson
> <gpearson at iinet.net.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > As I understand it.. it's due to there being no compression on the
> ADSL,
> > > like you would get on a dialup connection.. shoot me down if I'm wrong
> :)
> > >
> > > Caleb Duggan wrote:
> > >> well how big can xorg be? i remember i used to download like 100mb in
> > >> a night on dial-up......cant be too much more than that can
> > >> it?.....tho my internet seems slower than dial up was but it might
> > >> just be because im used to a connection which "theoretically" can
> > >> reach 8mb/s(depending on how many people in the street are using it).
> 
> 
> 
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