Slow Downloads

[depredador]

I am getting terribly slow downloads using Alt.Binz. Used to get 900k but now it's about 200k.

Newsbin Pro gives me 1 mbit but too many failed files.

Why has Alt.Binz slowed on me?

[davidq666]

I am getting terribly slow downloads using Alt.Binz. Used to get 900k but now it's about 200k.

Newsbin Pro gives me 1 mbit but too many failed files.

Why has Alt.Binz slowed on me?

1 mbit=125 KB/s

my guess would be the problem is neither altbinz nor nerwsbin but rather the usenet provider...

[depredador]

I am getting terribly slow downloads using Alt.Binz. Used to get 900k but now it's about 200k.

Newsbin Pro gives me 1 mbit but too many failed files.

Why has Alt.Binz slowed on me?

1 mbit=125 KB/s

my guess would be the problem is neither altbinz nor nerwsbin but rather the usenet provider...

Sorry I stuffed the speeds up.

What I'm saying is Alt.Binz is 1/5th the speed of Newbin Pro of late. Alt.Binz used to be close to 1 mbit but now sits on about 1/5th of that speed and I have kept the same settings.

Last night I downloaded 2 files using Alt.Binz and 1 using Newsbin Pro off the same provider and that was the case. It has been that way for a while. 

[Hecks]

This is highly unlikely, as Alt.Binz will always max out your connection, all other things being equal, and this is the experience of 99.9% of users.  Explain more carefully how you're working out the difference in speed.  Give precise reported speeds in each client, being clear about the difference between Mbps and MB/s.

Otherwise, check your Log for errors, check number of connections, check Alt.Binz is excluded from AV and firewall interference, etc.

[depredador]

Down in Alt.binz speed at the bottom left it sits on roughly 200 kB/s. It useed to sit on 900.

In Newsbin Pro it's on 1000 kB/s

And this is off the same server.

[davidq666]

Down in Alt.binz speed at the bottom left it sits on roughly 200 kB/s. It useed to sit on 900.

In Newsbin Pro it's on 1000 kB/s

And this is off the same server.

u're sure u didn't double-click on it accidently changing the way the speed is displayed from Kb/s to KB/s?

[depredador]

Positive. It also takes forever to download something so the speed is right.

[Hecks]

Otherwise, check your Log for errors, check number of connections, check Alt.Binz is excluded from AV and firewall interference, etc.

Also try different ports, SSL on/off, etc.  Only you can trouble-shoot this.

[Hamsandwich]

Haven't maybe accidently set a download limit?

[UncleSam]

i have alt.binz since yesterday and today i have the same problem with download speed.

My maximum download speed is ~675 kb/s but now i have constant 35-37kb/s with alt.binz.

Yesterday i downloaded with full speed, no problems at all. Now i tried a lot of things but nothing worked:

• restarted rooter
• reboot pc
• restarted alt.binz
• deleted alt.binz (program and appdata files) and made a new one
• limited download speed and unlimited it
• tried another software (worked fine with ~650kb/s)

Don't know what to do. In the log are no error or warning lines.

I'm sorry, now all programs just can download with about 40kb/s ... so i don't have the same problem

[Hecks]

Check the traffic management policy of your ISP, as it looks like you're being throttled.

[depredador]

I really want to donate but will that guarantee a fix in the slow speed I get using Alt.binz?

[Hecks]

How would you expect such a thing to be guaranteed when neither you nor we have any idea what the root of your problem is?  To repeat: all other things being equal, Alt.Binz will *always* max out your available bandwidth.  This is the common experience of 99.9% of users.

[depredador]

But I get double the speed using other news readers.

[Chuckle123]

Ham has a good point. Check if you have a d/l limit set.  You may be throttling yourself.