why is it so slow ?

[The Doctor]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:24:03PM +0800, madog wrote:
> i have adsl connection, download 2M, upload 512K
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> people who download files from my site (http, i don't offer ftp) can get a
> speed or 50K/BYTE or so
> but when they get news from me, the speed is so slow that it i am using 56k
> modem or even slower
> 
> any idea ? thanks
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> madogcc.myip.org
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ADSL is unreliable for ISP style traffic.  It is purely meant for 
Web Browsing.  I suspect your traffic load is degrading the
performance of the line.  You should use either a DS1 circuit or
OC3.