[gui-talk] Still getting (*very* slow downloads from NLS BARD catalogue

[David Andrews]

You should report your findings to NLSDownload at loc.gov



Dave

At 08:40 PM 6/30/2009, you wrote:
>I'm downloading a book right now and just want to report that I'm getting a
>download speed of not quite 20 KB/sec. Now, before someone suggests that
>there's something the matter with my system's performance, my ISP, or
>whatever, I would like to say again that even though I don't have a killer
>fast connection, lately a typical download speed for me at several different
>Web sites has been around 75 KB/sec. Even something a good bit slower than
>that wouldn't distress me. But never have I gotten such slow download speeds
>as I have for three books now, on three different days at different times of
>day, downloading from the BARD catalogue.
>
>I'm not looking for an answer or a fix, because last time everyone said both
>that they don't have such bad speeds and also that maybe it has something to
>do with Federal servers or what part of the country I live in or something,
>all of which sounded awfully vague to me. So this time, I'm just saying it's
>happening again, and my downloading performance has been multiples faster
>all over the place. I think there's something pretty screwed up at this NLS
>site, is all I want to say this time. And of course I appreciate their
>wonderful service and everything. So I'm not bum-rapping the national
>Library Service or anything like that.
>
>
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