99% usage of docklands node peak time?

[speeduk]

Just done a check and the dockland is at 99% at 19:46? Problem or just everyone decided to download at same time? :s

[noshoulders]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3925/bilderman20090324214535.png

seems docklands is consistently the busiest central, altho this could be because i only check when i'm getting poor speeds.;)

what i'd really like to know is this...

If a central is congested, will a line syncing at 5mb give the same performance as a line syncing at 20mb?

For instance, i'm getting ~200KB/s after 9pm on weeknights. This is 40% of my normal 500KB/s speed. Is a 20mb line user getting 40% of their speed, ie 800KB/s or are they also capped @ 200KB/s?

[buster1967]

The Edinburgh node is normally the busiest.

[tboorman]

For instance, i'm getting ~200KB/s after 9pm on weeknights. This is 40% of my normal 500KB/s speed. Is a 20mb line user getting 40% of their speed, ie 800KB/s or are they also capped @ 200KB/s?

Everyone is capped at the same speed (unless they are a heavy user). Incidentally, the IPSC interconnects are not used by ADSL2+ customers, so the maximum anyone's sync speed would be is 8128 kbps.

[cloudy73]

Good to see we're using the word CAPPED now instead of ALT.

[noshoulders]

thanks tboorman, nice to know it's a level playing field for those with poor sync speeds :-)