Monthly Archives: April 2012

Download Manager

April 15, 2012
By
Download Manager

A download manager is software dedicated to downloading files. There are several advantages to using download manager; recover from errors, restart failed or interrupted downloads without having to start from the beginning. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download_manager Download Manager

Read more »

Compressed / Zipped Files

April 15, 2012
By

Split and Zip: In addition to splitting files you can also use data compression before you upload. Probably always a good practice, however in lossless data compression some files may realize little or no reduction in size. Your mileage may vary. There is another advantage to compressing a file; you can password protect the...

Read more »

ISP Bandwidth Throttling

April 15, 2012
By

Some ISPs have throttled (limited) the bandwidth of subscribes who the ISPs see as “Bandwidth Hogs”. For more on this topic see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling

Read more »

Browser File Size Limitations

April 15, 2012
By

Limitations in 32bit browsers may prevent you from uploading files larger than 2 gigabytes. Some 64 bit browsers, like Internet explorer 64bit, v. 8 and all versions of Firefox also suffer from the 2 GB limit. Some browsers beat this limit: Google chrome (all versions) and Opera v.10.Both support upload/download file sizes of >4GB

Read more »

Upload and Download Speeds

April 15, 2012
By

Some Statistics The median upload speed from the speedmatters.org test was 435 kilobits per second (kbps) US broadband average speed: 3.9 Mbps Average Global Download Speed: 1.5 Mbps U.S. ranked 17th with average downstream speed of 3.9 Mbps Some Examples In the following examples I present Upload Speed comparisons for files of various sizes....

Read more »

Contact LFT


Hit Counter provided by technology news