Why is gmail slow to upload but...

[VikingJuice]

fast to down load?  It doesn't matter where I'm posting from, uploading 8-10 Mb takes like 3 to 4 minutes but downloading the same volume is less than 40 seconds total.  What gives?

[Gamplayerx]

Um.  I'm no computer expert, but are you on a cable modem or ADSL?

[ReBurn]

Just consider having to do it on dialup.  That makes me appreciative of a 4 minute upload time, anyway.

[ignom]

Uploading anywhere always takes longer for me than downloading. God granted me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.

[VikingJuice]

Um.  I'm no computer expert, but are you on a cable modem or ADSL?

it's DSL right now at home but even when I do it from work, where we have a T1 connection, it's still takes just as long.

[ReBurn]

ISP's always throttle upload speeds.  Keeps you from using the bandwidth you pay for to run a web server or something.  At least that's why Time Warner does it. 

[Gamplayerx]

Um.  I'm no computer expert, but are you on a cable modem or ADSL?

it's DSL right now at home but even when I do it from work, where we have a T1 connection, it's still takes just as long.

Usually, for home use it's ADSL - where the upload is like 600% slower.  We have SDSL at work - same speed up as down.  I don't know anything about T1 lines. Where's DS when you need him.

[VikingJuice]

Um.  I'm no computer expert, but are you on a cable modem or ADSL?

it's DSL right now at home but even when I do it from work, where we have a T1 connection, it's still takes just as long.

Usually, for home use it's ADSL - where the upload is like 600% slower.  We have SDSL at work - same speed up as down.  I don't know anything about T1 lines. Where's DS when you need him.

At one point, T1 was the fastest server on the block.  It was part of the early internet infrustructure and to my knowledge, still is.  They base it in hospitals and big universities so that they function like hubs in places where there is emergency power in times of crisis.  It follows the line of thinking from the old MILNET servers that were related to national defense starting in the 50's.

[BigDun]

T1's are the basis for the digital technology that voice phone lines used to use. A T1 was equivalent to 24 64Kbps voice channels (yes, the sampling rate of the standard telephone is 64Kbs). Actually it was 23 voice lines and one 64Kbps channel for protocol negotiation. A T1 dedicated to data has 1.54Mbps of bandwidth. But it is dedicated bandwidth, not shared with other customers like cable modem or DSL, so it's not an apple to apple comparison.

T1's begot T3's (28 T1's)
T3's begot OC3's (84 T1's)
etc. through OC192 (5376 T1's)

[ReBurn]

I'm still holding out hope that one day I'll get a frame relay.

[BigDun]

I remember the first time I went online with bonded 128kbs ISDN. I was teh sh*t.

[VikingJuice]

T1's are the basis for the digital technology that voice phone lines used to use. A T1 was equivalent to 24 64Kbps voice channels (yes, the sampling rate of the standard telephone is 64Kbs). Actually it was 23 voice lines and one 64Kbps channel for protocol negotiation. A T1 dedicated to data has 1.54Mbps of bandwidth. But it is dedicated bandwidth, not shared with other customers like cable modem or DSL, so it's not an apple to apple comparison.

T1's begot T3's (28 T1's)
T3's begot OC3's (84 T1's)
etc. through OC192 (5376 T1's)

WOW!!  I thought my post was informative but DAMN!!  I feel like a splattered bug on your windshield of knowledge.  Most impressive.

[ReBurn]

T1's are the basis for the digital technology that voice phone lines used to use. A T1 was equivalent to 24 64Kbps voice channels (yes, the sampling rate of the standard telephone is 64Kbs). Actually it was 23 voice lines and one 64Kbps channel for protocol negotiation. A T1 dedicated to data has 1.54Mbps of bandwidth. But it is dedicated bandwidth, not shared with other customers like cable modem or DSL, so it's not an apple to apple comparison.

T1's begot T3's (28 T1's)
T3's begot OC3's (84 T1's)
etc. through OC192 (5376 T1's)

WOW!!  I thought my post was informative but DAMN!!  I feel like a splattered bug on your windshield of knowledge.  Most impressive.

Yeah, BigDun's smart like that.

[ignom]

I still haven't seen T3.

[BigDun]

T1's are the basis for the digital technology that voice phone lines used to use. A T1 was equivalent to 24 64Kbps voice channels (yes, the sampling rate of the standard telephone is 64Kbs). Actually it was 23 voice lines and one 64Kbps channel for protocol negotiation. A T1 dedicated to data has 1.54Mbps of bandwidth. But it is dedicated bandwidth, not shared with other customers like cable modem or DSL, so it's not an apple to apple comparison.

T1's begot T3's (28 T1's)
T3's begot OC3's (84 T1's)
etc. through OC192 (5376 T1's)

WOW!!  I thought my post was informative but DAMN!!  I feel like a splattered bug on your windshield of knowledge.  Most impressive.

Yeah, BigDun's smart like that.

Um, yeah. That must be why I am about to be unemployed. Too damn smart for my own good.

[ReBurn]

I still haven't seen T3.

Kristanna Loken is hot.

[ReBurn]

T1's are the basis for the digital technology that voice phone lines used to use. A T1 was equivalent to 24 64Kbps voice channels (yes, the sampling rate of the standard telephone is 64Kbs). Actually it was 23 voice lines and one 64Kbps channel for protocol negotiation. A T1 dedicated to data has 1.54Mbps of bandwidth. But it is dedicated bandwidth, not shared with other customers like cable modem or DSL, so it's not an apple to apple comparison.

T1's begot T3's (28 T1's)
T3's begot OC3's (84 T1's)
etc. through OC192 (5376 T1's)

WOW!!  I thought my post was informative but DAMN!!  I feel like a splattered bug on your windshield of knowledge.  Most impressive.

Yeah, BigDun's smart like that.

Um, yeah. That must be why I am about to be unemployed. Too damn smart for my own good.

Nope.  That's a case of short-term economics trumps common sense. 

[Mr. Ubiquity]

fast to down load?  It doesn't matter where I'm posting from, uploading 8-10 Mb takes like 3 to 4 minutes but downloading the same volume is less than 40 seconds total.  What gives?

upload speeds are always slower than download speeds.   takes more server processing time.