downloading, then "waiting in line. position 10"
 

Please explain to me why I can be downloading, then suddenly I'm "waiting in line, position x". I seem to be downloading from the same sites, so why am I getting bumped?

Also, I just upgraded to a cable connection, and I'm finding it not much faster than modem. I changed the setting for speed in the options menu, running no other programs, choosing files with multiple sources, yet I often can't seem to get more than 4 or 5 KB with any regularity. What gives? Is there some settings I'm forgetting?

I'm running a 466 Mac G4 with 800+MB ram, from home with a cable connection tested prior to this post.

Thanks,

Joseph Byrnes

Joseph

Waiting in line isn't all that unusual and it is a result of a number of things. The traffic on the network is heavy, the owner of the file you may want has set his bandwith percentage on the low side for uploads. We are all at the mercy of one another. It is good to have a fine tuned machine and your TCP/IP tweaked to the max; however, if the conditions I cited exist at the time of your download, you could end up with any number of flys in the ointment, i.e, awaiting sources, qeued (sp?), #10 in line, etc. In most cases your equipment is fine. It is usually the demands on the network itself that will determine a fast or slow download. I also have a hihg speed connection, but there are times I want to pull my hair out. At times, patience is the keyword. Hope this helps. :)