Client's download speed

Question

Hi, i have a 1TB Time capsule (not the newest model), and me and my father are connected to it.
The problem is, when i start downloading something (we have a megaupload premium account),i get around 900kbps and when my father starts downloading too, he gets around 700kbps and i go down to 200kbps.
I have a macbook white with os x 10.5.8, and he has a toshiba satellite with ubuntu 10.04
Why does this happens, even when i started downloading first? what can i do to at least "balance" the download speed?
Thanks in advance,
Message was edited by: Kyriuu
Message was edited by: Kyriuu

Answer 1

Here's a more complete example inferred from the code snippet you provided.  Note the changes to your code in order to provide what appear to be the intended results (convert bytes to megabytes, calculate rate with seconds instead of milliseconds). 
The implementation of the "lastUpdate" variable demonstrates the suggestion from my previous post.
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents client As New System.Net.WebClient
Private sw As New Stopwatch
Private lastUpdate As Date
Private Async Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
sw.Restart()
Await client.DownloadFileTaskAsync("https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Simple-Multi-User-TCPIP-1ff0da41/file/135320/5/Simple%20Multi-User%20TCPIP%20Client%20%26%20Server%20using%20TAP.zip", "d:\test\project.zip")
sw.Stop()
End Sub
Private Sub client_DownloadProgressChanged(sender As Object, e As Net.DownloadProgressChangedEventArgs) Handles client.DownloadProgressChanged
If Now.Subtract(lastUpdate).TotalMilliseconds >= 250 OrElse e.ProgressPercentage = 100 Then 'throttle to 4 updates per second
txtDown.Text = "Downloading (" & e.ProgressPercentage.ToString & "%)... (" & (e.TotalBytesToReceive / 1000000).ToString("N2") & " MB) at " & (e.BytesReceived / sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds).ToString("N2") + " bytes/sec"
lastUpdate = Now
End If
End Sub
End Class
-EDITS-
Sorry, first I miscalculated the download rate, then I cleaned up the progress percentage, and finally I added a check to make sure that the text still displays the final update even if the throttle time hasn't been hit yet.
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