Posted by anthonyberet on 09/20/05 08:54

Chris O wrote:
> Noticed an 'issue' recently where a lot (not all) of
> my downloads start at a reasonable speed all looks good
> and then they get slower & slower & guess what, then they
> stop and time-out.
>
> Like I say, not all d/l's exhibit this but a lot more are
> doing it than I remember ever happening before.
> I guess I've noticed this over the last 3-4 weeks.
>
> Actually it's happened right now as I write this, a d/l
> started at 30-40 and is now down to 5-7 after about
> 3 minutes. Time-out comin' up soon I'd say!
>
> Don't nobody go losin' no sleep over this ya hear!
> Just an observation, but piggin' annoying.
>
>
Are you using AFS and AEQ?
- What can happen, is that your peer finds the source very soon after
they log in. - In that case, you might have the only transfer running,
until after a while, more users find those files and start transfers of
their own.

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