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dogbone
Jan 14, 2006, 10:33 PM
Hi,

I just received an email back from a friend in Bali, he said it took 25 minutes to download at 12,400bps on his powerbook.

No pics or anything just a few K's.

25 minutes does seem a trifle excessive and I suppose there could be many local reasons for the long download time. However having said that, is there any application or diagnostic tools that could speed things up?


mduser63
Jan 14, 2006, 10:37 PM
Kind of hard to troubleshoot a problem on the other side of the world with almost no information... My first guess would be that it's his connection, not the PowerBook. 12,400 bps is very slow dialup speed. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the integrity of the connection.
dogbone
Jan 14, 2006, 10:44 PM
Yeah I realise that I don't have any more useful info yet but I can ask some more questions if I know what to ask.

Are you suggesting that if it is the connection then there is nothing that can be done about it?
mduser63
Jan 15, 2006, 03:09 PM
Yeah I realise that I don't have any more useful info yet but I can ask some more questions if I know what to ask.

Are you suggesting that if it is the connection then there is nothing that can be done about it?

Well, if the connection really is bad, there is probably not much to be done about it other than getting a different connection somehow. Of course broadband would be highly desirable, but it may not be possible for him where he is.
radha65
Jul 23, 2009, 05:08 AM
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