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Plus the congestion on intermediate hops between the site and your PC. A
typical trace route will show between 10 and 20 hops to most sites. The
route today will likely not be the same route tomorrow or even in an hour.
Any hop along the way is a potential bottleneck. Many times you can be
getting data fine from half a dozen sites fine but the one you really want
(like a quote provider) can have a problem. Get a program like Ping Plotter
and it will open your eyes to the inconsistencies and gremlins of the "net".
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ira
Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:22 PM
To: kohath
Cc: Doug Penny; Realtraders
Subject: Re: Internet speed
YOu forgot the amount of traffic at the other end. A really busy site
will be slow.
kohath wrote:
> For the most part it is:
> 1. Type of connection
> 2. Speed of Modem
> 3. Practically insignificant, Speed of computer, at today's computer
> speeds.
> All in that order
>
> Kohath
>
> >
> > Does the speed of the computer have any bearing on the speed of the
> > internet connection and the ability to download web pages or is the
> > speed determined by the modem and the type of connection only
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
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