On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Alastair Johnson wrote:

> Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
>> Ok this is a goodie... Let me take time to answer this fully.
>>
>> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 18:16 +1300, Keith & Deby wrote:
>>
>>> Have been watching this for a while, somewhere back a mention was made re
>>> part of the problem was the speed and hosting of some sort, plus dynamic
>>> ips...
>> I have 2 Postnuke sites including all the crap, on this site. Both are
>> not large sites. I also have a wordpress and pm wiki site + a few static
>> pages. All of which are top hits in google. The sites don't do much
>> traffic. BUT I can tell you, the LINK IS CRAP, with just 1 connection
>> there is MASSIVE slowdown. Don't take my word... try it...
>>
>> I don't care about traffic from my webserv... I do care about
>> throughput. We are handing out pamphlets to 1000's of students in a
>> couple of hours or doing signups. 128kps... JOKE! Even with pf crafting
>> (which beleive you me I do on incoming traf as well) 192 was bellow par.
>
> [trimmed]
>
> Simple solution? Stop trying to use a connection which is clearly
> insufficient for your needs. It's clear that 128k, 160k, or 192k, is not
> sufficient for you.
>
> You might want to look at a webhosting account with a reputable webhosting
> company; or look at colocating a server somewhere.

Thanks AJ.
You beat me to it.
Running your own server at home for 'personal purposes' is one thing.
The description above looks substantially more than most home users are
going to need - and eventually you reach a limit.

This is the reason I pay for a telehousing agreement instead of hosting
stuff on the back of my DSL.

And, FWIW, I find 10Gig is about right - even when I have to move the odd
'big file' around.

I certainly think the upload speed should be faster - we're soooo
asynch'd its not funny - but citing the reasons above is far from making a
good case, IMHO. The case that started this whole thread off - now thats
another story....

Mark.

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