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Alt.Binz (English) => Help => Topic started by: depredador on January 14, 2010, 06:01:35 am

Title: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on January 14, 2010, 06:01:35 am
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?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: davidq666 on January 14, 2010, 07:53:18 am
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...
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on January 14, 2010, 08:20:14 am
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. 
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Hecks on January 14, 2010, 09:28:57 am
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.

Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on January 14, 2010, 12:57:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: davidq666 on January 14, 2010, 01:14:29 pm
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?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on January 15, 2010, 01:18:35 am
Positive. It also takes forever to download something so the speed is right.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Hecks on January 15, 2010, 10:56:50 am

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.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Hamsandwich on January 20, 2010, 10:50:10 pm
Haven't maybe accidently set a download limit?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: UncleSam on January 22, 2010, 02:05:17 pm
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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
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Hecks on January 22, 2010, 07:40:06 pm
Check the traffic management policy of your ISP, as it looks like you're being throttled.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 13, 2010, 03:16:49 am
I really want to donate but will that guarantee a fix in the slow speed I get using Alt.binz?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Hecks on March 13, 2010, 03:31:37 am
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.

Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 13, 2010, 04:15:42 am
But I get double the speed using other news readers.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Chuckle123 on March 13, 2010, 07:29:11 am
Ham has a good point. Check if you have a d/l limit set.  You may be throttling yourself.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 13, 2010, 07:59:54 am
Ham has a good point. Check if you have a d/l limit set.  You may be throttling yourself.


Where do I find that setting?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Chuckle123 on March 13, 2010, 09:19:09 am
Under Misc settings.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 13, 2010, 01:49:15 pm
That has always been set on no limit.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: davidq666 on March 13, 2010, 02:20:04 pm
a bit more information could be useful:

a.) what usenet provider do u use?
b.) what are the settings in settings->connections
c.) do u use the scheduler?
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: Rdl on March 13, 2010, 04:06:24 pm
Why not just use whatever works for you.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 14, 2010, 06:41:41 am
a bit more information could be useful:

a.) what usenet provider do u use?
b.) what are the settings in settings->connections
c.) do u use the scheduler?

Astraweb with 15 connections and not using schedular.
Title: Re: Slow Downloads
Post by: depredador on March 14, 2010, 06:43:40 am
Why not just use whatever works for you.

Well Newsbin Pro is faster yet I get a lot of incompletes.

Alt.Binz is slower and has always had 100% completes.