[CLUE-Tech] ISP Bandwidth Brokering

[Brandon N]

I doubt the ISP's would be able to do that, it's more a question of the
server speed on the other end, and the protocol overhead.

you can easily tell what protocol netscape is using, does the URL start
with ftp:// or http://

Keep in mind, if it says ftp, then it's passive mode ftp, slightly
different from how ncftp does it.

Brandon  
--- Ed Young <ejy at summitbid.com> wrote:
> 
> Do ISPs portion dialup bandwidth out to different users depending on
> what
> services the user happens to be using?
> Or to different process depending on what service or protocol is
> being used?
> 
> I'm wondering because I'm downloading some rpm's using two different
> methods
> and each has a vastly different download speed.
> I'm downloading the two rpm's both from ftp.rpmfind.net and from the
> same
> directory.
> One download process is running ncftp and is reportedly coming down
> at 1K/sec
> The other one is a netscape download coming down at 4.2 K/sec (I
> don't know
> what protocol it's using but presume http. Is there a way to tell? )
> 
> I started the ncftp download and began to see drasticly erratic
> status on my
> kppp histogram. I'd never seen that when downloding using Netscape so
> I began
> another download of another file using Netscape and saw the kppp
> statistics go
> up and become steady at around 5K/sec. The ncftp process continued at
> it's slow
> pace and the netscape continued at it's faster pace. Occasionaly the
> activity
> drops off completely or some reason.
> 
> Anyone have knowlege of this stuff?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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