iTMS slow to download?
Just wondering what everyone else's connection was like when using the iTMS to listen to preview songs or to download them. I have a T1 LAN connection at college, and it is slower than my 56k modem at home. It takes hours to download a song. Browsing the web, and downloading from the web is just fine. What is the deal? I am wondering if my college is limiting bandwidth to music downloads in general to prevent piracy, yet this is legal. (is that even possible?) Basically I am really miffed about why the iTMS is so freaking slow to download anything.
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iTMS has been slow lately though, like, ever since the windows version was released, it's had really slow times. tuesday is always the slowest day because it's the new music day, so a lot of people come to check out what's new.
maybe it's the same situation with your T1?
also, how big is your college? cause, T1 lines, while they are great for supporting large amounts of people, will still slow to a halt if TOO many people are using it at once, that's why many colleges have T3 lines.
Originally posted by Endymion
Any more than 27 people using a T-1 simultaneously will result in less than 56 modem speeds per user.
That could be it. Our campus was hit pretty hard with the Mydoom virus I believe. Our campus administrator also said they have been really busy trying to get things worked out, so I am thinking the network is just getting overloaded hardcore until things get fixed.