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| 07-09-10 11:19am - 5280 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Anyone familiar with Porn.com? Are download speeds always this low??? I just took a membership to Porn.com. I downloaded two scenes and had no problems. The downloads speeds were approximately 1MB/sec. Then I tried a third scene (several times), then a fourth (several times) and a fifth (several times)... And the best I could get for a download speed was about 100kb/sec. On several attempts the download speeds was BELOW 20kb/sec. Reviewers are all over the map with this site, and even the long-time PU reviewers seem mixed. Any thoughts, or should I have saved my $9.99? | |
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| 07-10-10 08:52am - 5279 days | #2 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Porn.com and I have long had a love-hate relationship. I have no idea what makes their servers go like yo-yos. When they are good they are very, very good, when they are bad they are horrid. This is reflected in my comments and reviews of their site and sister site "Download Pass." There might be a cure to your problems: recently (last time I subscribed) I started to use DownThemAll with Firefox and download speeds seemed to be more consistent (average 1.5 MB/s). | |
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| 07-10-10 10:48am - 5279 days | #3 | |
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anyonebutme (0)
Active User  Posts: 294 Registered: Aug 23, '09 |
Could just be a very busy site at times. Say they have a 1gbps connection, if 100 people are downloading scenes you'll see a 1MB/sec download rate. If 1,000 are downloading, or 100 people are using download managers eating 10 connections each, then you'll see a 100KB/sec rate. | |
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| 07-12-10 06:49pm - 5277 days | #4 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm not technically adept, but that description makes a lot of sense and was my basic understanding too. But I think that if this is the issue, and it likely is, then Porn.com still deserves to be chastised. I agree with messmer when he noted that it is either feast or famine with this site. Since taking a membership last week I have been able to download about five scenes at a decent speed. Just a few minutes ago, for example, I downloaded a scene at 2+MB/sec. That's an excellent speed for most sites. Then I tried downloading a second scene figuring that while there is a light load I might actually get some value from the membership. I saw download speeds below 20KB/sec. But I just tried again and I'm at 1MB/sec. Isn't there a better way for a site to address capacity issues? Why not cap download speeds at 1MB/sec? That way instead of one person downloading at 3MB/sec three could download. I suspect that Porn.com doesn't get a lot of repeat business. They won't from me. | |
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| 07-12-10 07:06pm - 5277 days | #5 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Jesus messmer... I sure see what you mean now. I've had a membership for a few VERY frustrating days and in that time have only been able to download a few scenes. Right now I'm consistently getting great speeds. The downside is that it is late here and I gotta get to bed soon. Hmmm... porn or sleep, porn or sleep... | |
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