Why is updating so slow?

[anthony baldwin]

Gary Hodges wrote:

>I have an incredible connection at work.  Updating 100-200 MB is
>painfull.  Not in a 56k sense, but it takes way longer than it should.
> The download speed is never constant either.  It will go from snail
>to blazing and back to snail.  Rinse and repeat.  As an example, time
>to completion will range from 5+ hours to 50 seconds depending at what
>part of the cycle I'm on.
>
>  
>
Likely depends on traffic, bandwidth issues at either end,
how many users are accessing the same files or repository at the same 
moment...that kind of thing.

tony

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