broadband speed

[Ray Maher]

I have just sent a 2.7mb video clip by email and it took about 30mins to send, scanning with norton. I ammend this message it has just aborted at 90%.
Back to the drawing board.

Ray Maher

[sepulcre]

one phrase covers this

contention ratios

i cannot find a published set for freeserve , most other companies do so.

if it is 50:1 you may get as little as 10kbps from the system , or approx 1/5th of your 56k modems thruput

[Ray Maher]

I cleared all other downloads and re-sent it.
This time it took about 4 mins. About right I think.
It must depend on how busy the network is.

Ray Maher

[cstv]

you'll also find that sending by email significantly increases the nuber of bits you're actually sending... much better to use FTP...

mark.

[Ray Maher]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cstv:
you'll also find that sending by email significantly increases the nuber of bits you're actually sending... much better to use FTP...

mark.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mark,
Sorry about the time to reply, have been on holiday.
If FTP... is a funny then I don't get it.
If it isn't I still don't get it.

Ray Maher

[Searcher22]

Hi Ray

Mark was not trying to confuse or make a funny.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This is a method of moving files between from server to serve and server to PC.

I use Cute FTP from Globalscape to view my website servers and upload/download the content files.

Quote from Globalscape FAQs
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A standard protocol for transferring files between remote computer systems. Until recently, it was used almost exclusively on UNIX workstations and mainframes, but after PC users gained access to the Internet it became a popular alternative to BBS systems. The biggest limitation was that FTP-compliant software usually used a command line interface, which wasn't easy for beginners to work with. As the Internet grew in popularity, new standards appeared (Gopher, WWW), providing more user-friendly front-end software. FTP, however, still remains the popular choice among power users and computer professionals.

Sorry if this confuses the issue but I have yet to find a white paper that puts it more clearly.

http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/smile.gif HTH

Based on my experience (so far) to use FTP to send a video file to someone you would need to ba able to link directly into their hard drive - most uncommon - as I said above I use FTP to either upload content to a website or to download files from an FTP server

[Ray Maher]

Thanks for that searcher,
I am only into computers for video as a hobby. All I have learnt has been self taught with the help of you guys and trial and error.
I still have a lot to learn but only what I need to know to edit and burn my dvd's.
Anyway I appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Ray Maher