Simultaneous Downloads?

KilRoy · 02-24-2008, 06:49 AM

Is there any way to get the simultaneous downloads up from the current restriction (2 or 3)? I know you can up the limit with a reg hack for IE, but what about the Zune software's marketplace?

Dizzy · 02-24-2008, 07:45 AM

Not that I know of.
I think you'd have to ask a H&M'er that question.

Gregory · 02-24-2008, 08:41 AM

Even if it were possible, it would not make downloading any faster.

Say you have a 300KB/s connection and you are downloading 2 songs.
Song 1 gets 150KB/s
Song 2 gets 150KB/s

If you have a 300KB/s connection and 5 songs are downloading.
Each song gets 60KB/s

So by downloading more than 1 song at once, you are getting no further.

paul4531 · 02-24-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregory

Even if it were possible, it would not make downloading any faster.

Say you have a 300KB/s connection and you are downloading 2 songs.
Song 1 gets 150KB/s
Song 2 gets 150KB/s

If you have a 300KB/s connection and 5 songs are downloading.
Each song gets 60KB/s

So by downloading more than 1 song at once, you are getting no further.

Oo I never knew that.

KilRoy · 02-24-2008, 01:15 PM

Usually, each download connection is throttled to a certain kb speed to prevent one person from killing the source or creating a DoS attack. So more concurrent connections should equal more downloads in a given amount of time. My IE settings make this happen for me and I was hoping someone might know of a way to increase them in the marketplace. Oh well, maybe I'll do some snooping and see what I can come up with.

Cheers

nathanlawliet · 02-24-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregory

Even if it were possible, it would not make downloading any faster.

Say you have a 300KB/s connection and you are downloading 2 songs.
Song 1 gets 150KB/s
Song 2 gets 150KB/s

If you have a 300KB/s connection and 5 songs are downloading.
Each song gets 60KB/s

So by downloading more than 1 song at once, you are getting no further.

Wow.. Thanks for posting Gregory. That explains why sometimes my multiple downloads get lower speeds.. I thought it was MY internet. + Rep

Gregory · 02-24-2008, 02:53 PM

You are welcome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nathanlawliet

Wow.. Thanks for posting Gregory. That explains why sometimes my multiple downloads get lower speeds.. I thought it was MY internet. + Rep

Chri(Z)tian · 02-24-2008, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregory

Even if it were possible, it would not make downloading any faster.

Say you have a 300KB/s connection and you are downloading 2 songs.
Song 1 gets 150KB/s
Song 2 gets 150KB/s

If you have a 300KB/s connection and 5 songs are downloading.
Each song gets 60KB/s

So by downloading more than 1 song at once, you are getting no further.

Thanks for the great info Gregory, +rep. It really explained alot for me.

paul4531 · 02-24-2008, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KilRoy

Usually, each download connection is throttled to a certain kb speed to prevent one person from killing the source or creating a DoS attack. So more concurrent connections should equal more downloads in a given amount of time. My IE settings make this happen for me and I was hoping someone might know of a way to increase them in the marketplace. Oh well, maybe I'll do some snooping and see what I can come up with.

Cheers

ya man

/thread

Nathaniel · 02-26-2008, 01:25 PM

Thanks this helped alot.

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KilRoy Zuner Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Posts: 92 Reputation: 10 $zB: 83 Donate	Usually, each download connection is throttled to a certain kb speed to prevent one person from killing the source or creating a DoS attack. So more concurrent connections should equal more downloads in a given amount of time. My IE settings make this happen for me and I was hoping someone might know of a way to increase them in the marketplace. Oh well, maybe I'll do some snooping and see what I can come up with. Cheers

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Nathaniel Experienced Zuner Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 172 Reputation: 4 $zB: 6 Donate	Thanks this helped alot.

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