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  2. From: roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se (Roland Bengtsson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Slow ftp
  5. Date: 15 Jan 1996 19:24:54 GMT
  6. Organization: -
  7. Message-ID: <1339.6587T1323T2191@mbox3.swipnet.se>
  8. References: <829.6580T1313T1704@mbox3.swipnet.se> <1067.6587T660T497@teclink.net>
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  13.  >:Roland Bengtsson <roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se> writes:
  14. >>I use Mftp1.31 for downloading from Aminet. But its real slow! In Term I
  15. >>usually get around 3200 cps, but in mftp I only get around 900. I understand
  16. >>that TCP/IP means a lot of overhead but I still think its slow.
  17.  
  18.  >:Are you using SLIP, PPP or something else?  Generally PPP (which I'm using)
  19.  >:has a lot less overhead then SLIP.  You also might want to try a different
  20.  
  21. I'm using the evaluation of PPP.device from Holger Kruse.
  22.  
  23. I have know heard that many users complain a lot at the speed of the newsserver I'm using.
  24. Maybe there is a problem there.
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