SuperG03 Posted July 31, 2005 CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hi all, I was just wondering what speeds people with the 15/2 FIOS connection were getting on news.verizon.net? Mine for some reason seems to be painfully slow, and I don't know what is wrong. I have tried two different apps, GrabIt & NewsBin Pro, both give poor results. I just tried using GrabIt, and when I went to d/l the headers from a group, it was transfering at like 500 Kbits (55-60 KB / sec), which to me seems very slow for a 15 Mbits down connection. Is this normal? Any ideas what I need to fix to get better speeds? Do I need to forward any ports on my router, etc? Thanks. SuperG03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperG03 Posted July 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 One quick update. I just tried out a trial usenet server, just to test. They give 1.5 Mbits max to header d/l. I just tried it, and I am getting that, so I know it is possible. Is something wrong with the verizon server? Why can I not get better speeds from them? Any ideas? Thanks. SuperG03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiosFiend Posted August 8, 2005 CID Share Posted August 8, 2005 Yes, I have the same problem. What client software are you using to download with? I was using outlook express but switched to a free program called Grabit, you can find it at; http://www.download.com/3000-2164-5462527.html?legacy=cnet This is a great program because it allows you to do multiple downloads simultaneously. You can pull down up to 8 articles at the same time and it groups all the pieces together. Meaning, if there are 100 parts to a video download, for example, in Grabit you will see the article as one download item. By connecting and downloading 8 items at time you get a much faster overall download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperG03 Posted August 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yes, I have the same problem. What client software are you using to download with? I was using outlook express but switched to a free program called Grabit, you can find it at; http://www.download.com/3000-2164-5462527.html?legacy=cnet This is a great program because it allows you to do multiple downloads simultaneously. You can pull down up to 8 articles at the same time and it groups all the pieces together. Meaning, if there are 100 parts to a video download, for example, in Grabit you will see the article as one download item. By connecting and downloading 8 items at time you get a much faster overall download. I too use GrabIt. I agree that by initiating all 8 connections at the same time, I can get a faster speed. However, it will still not utilize even close to all 15 MBits of the connection. I am not sure why I cannot get those full speeds. Any Ideas? Thanks. SuperG03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiosFiend Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 If I had to guess I'd say that Verizon has a cap of some sort on the news server. However, that's just a guess. I know that I got blazing downloads when I was with @home on a 7MB connection, much faster then I'm getting now. However, on Comcast with a 6MB connection my newsgroup was significantly slower then it was with @home. Comcast definitely had a cap on speed and total download. I'm going to give a call to Verizon and see if I can get to the bottom of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootes Posted September 11, 2005 CID Share Posted September 11, 2005 I get aroudn 15mbps down from Verizon, sometimes more sometimes less. Headers go much slower. Anyways I have Newsleecher Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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