2007-04-23 00:33:18 · 4 answers · asked by MINOU 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Most universities use their own File Server for commonly downloaded apps to save themselves band width.
It's faster because the download site is on the campus.
2007-04-23 00:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farther you go through the internet network, the slower it gets. If for no other reason, the time delay through the network increases with distance so the TCP handshaking overhead limits the bandwidth and bogs down the connection. However, there are special file coding techniques to download large files across the world that don't use Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for error correction and that speed up the download tremendously.
2007-04-23 07:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the University is using a caching proxy and the file has already been downloaded by someone else. Therefore you're receiving a copy of the file cached locally on the proxy server so it is copied to your machine at LAN speeds, not the normally much slower WAN speed.
2007-04-23 11:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a fast network.
Apparently, you're a slow user. So it all balances out.
2007-04-23 07:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋