Weekly I download a couple of MP3 files around 20MB each from South Africa.  Today I'm doing it at 300kBps = 2.4Mbps which is 10 to 20 times faster than what it was up to last week.  There is a chance the files are now hosted on a faster server, or perhaps speed is now fast again?

Next I thought I'd try You Tube and obviously it would have to be a Volvo video.  But before I got to that I discovered Volvo the Game which is 589MB so I just had to download it.  It is downloading right now estimated 25 minutes and peaking at just over 400kBps = 3.2Mbps.  It is averaging around 360kBps.  Now this is still half my available bandwidth to the exchange, but it is much better than it used to be by far.

So while downloading the game I thought I'd check out the video on YouTube.  The game download dropped to 300kBps and at the same time the whole 55 seconds video downloaded by the time the video got to 17 seconds.  So video download was less than a third the playback time while also downloading the game.

Now don't tell all the Torrenters else we will end up in the same position we've been for a long time.  Just enjoy and hope Maverick, Cameron and the other guys and gals will start posting on Geek Zone again.  I really miss them, hope to hear of you soon, and thanks for what you do.

For those wondering, I'm on Fusion in Pakuranga in Auckland about 3.5km from the exchange.