Just a thought.

[brycematheson712]

I've always been a little confused on this. Maybe it's a stupid question, but it's always bugged me and I thought I would finally ask it.

People always brag about their internet connection speed. "I have 10 meg." or "I can download a movie in 10 minutes." Correct me if I'm wrong, but having a 10-megabyte connection does you no good if the server can't supply it to you at that speed.

So my question is, should you even consider a speed higher than 10? Maybe 20? Can servers generally off you information THAT quickly? Maybe I'm missing something. Please explain. Thanks.

 

[brian]

You are correct. most servers are very fast and can keep up with supply. I have a 20 megabit/s connection (2.5 megabyte/s) and i usually only reach speeds of 1 megabyte/s and sometimes up to 1.5. So yes. you really only need a 12 mb/s line to really get a good deal.

But hey the more you have the more bragging power you have

 

[TrainTrackHack]

The higher speed helps torrent/P2P freaks a lot - when you can download from multiple servers at once, you'll get pretty amazing speeds!