IChat song transfer VERY slow
Sometimes when my friend (who has a 2.0ghz iMac G5) tries to send me a song iChat to iChat (approx. 4Mb in size), the file transfer is very slow (one song would take about an hour). I have a 1.2 Ghz iBook G4. The weird thing is that sometimes it is slow and sometimes it works really well. Also, whenever i send my friend a song, it goes really fast (even at the times when sending songs to me is really slow). Does anybody know ways to make the file transfer speed faster?
The speeds of your machines really have little effect on the time it takes to transfer file. It all depends on the network and the connections between the two computers.
It can be a variety or problems from congestion, to the packets taking a longer router due to congestion, peak hours, etc.
So the question is, where is the file being transferred from and where is it going, as well as what type of connection does each user have? The closer the distance and faster the connection, the faster the file transfer (in most cases).
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