Re: 56K modem downloading at broadband speed..why?
- From: "LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:44:13 -0800
Have you tried opening any of those files? I too have "downloaded"
entire files in the tens of megabytes in mere moments, but when
opened, they turned out to be corrupted stubs.
<hadnmaiden_fbi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| This may seem like a strange question, but maybe someone might have
a
| thought. I connect to the Internet via a Dial-Up connection with a
| standard 56K modem. 99% of the time I download at typical download
| speeds you would expect with a modem. However, once in a while, I
can
| download at broadband speeds...around 200K/sec. This has nothing to
do
| with resumed downloads either. This happens with new downloads,
| downloaded directly from my browser (IE6). The other day I
downloaded
| a 5MB file in under a minute on a 56K modem. When it happens, I
| download all my updates while it lasts. Even web pages load
instantly.
| Unfortunately, it always reverts back to normal speeds after a
while.
|
| Any thoughts?
|
.
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