Posted by anthonyberet on 09/01/05 23:16

FatKat wrote:
> Betty Stewart wrote:
>
>>I'm new to this newsgroup but not new to using WinMX. I went to look
>>for any info in this newsgroup on the help files and found quite a bit
>>of off-the-topic rhetoric, from which I was able to draw my own conclusions.
>>
>>As it appears that the infamous help files do not exist which has
>>nothing to do with BJ's misguided assumption that the lack of help files
>>is due to the fact that "the authors are Canadian". We do speak, read &
>>write a very recognizable and accepted international version of English.
>> Perhaps BJ could grace us with his/her "international English version
>>of the help files?
>>
>>That having been said, my questions are:
>>
>>In the Search Screen - "Unknown" speed shows up beside some of the
>>search results - why is this?
>
>
> The users themselves set this. I've got DSL and tend to have flexible
> rules for users in my DL queue who are leeches, and one of the factors
> I consider is the user's speed. If the user has only a paltry few
> small files, and is trying to DL an .avi, I may be more understanding
> if he's a 56K user than one with a T3+ connection. The question I've
> always had is what's the deal with those users claiming 14.4, 28.8 or
> 33.3?
>
It can report a 14.4 connection on opennap when there are n or more
uploads, enabled by default.
The thing is lots of people tell fibs about connection speed, so it is
effectively always 'unknown' in reality.

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