Cable & Napster

tomco2000 · Post by **tomco2000** » Wed Feb 28, 2001 11:40 am

New to the cable modem world and looking for help with Napster. Since installing the cable modem, web pages, misc. downloads and email all load noticeably faster. The only thing that does not (actually got very much slower) is Napster downloads. I have changed my Napster setting to "cable", looked for only cable users, users who are not busy and low ping rates, but nothing helps. Songs that used to take 20 mins. to download @ 28.8 now take hours. THAT's how slow it is.

Any help appreciated.

glears · Post by **glears** » Wed Feb 28, 2001 2:07 pm

First of all, dump Napster. WinMx is the best choice. You can obtain it at http://www.winmx.com . This program connect to Napster and several other mp3 sharing servers. Most of the speed is depended upon the other user you are downloading from. Try to set rules in the advance section for connections"At lease cable".

cy · Post by cy » Wed Feb 28, 2001 3:38 pm

still, he shouldn't be getting less than a 28.8.....I get like at least 35K, sometimes i can get like 150 to 200K off T1, T3 user.....ummmmm,.....no clue

tomco2000 · Post by **tomco2000** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 7:12 pm

Finally heard back from CommuniComm (my cable provider) They say I am pretty much screwed when it comes to "Napster type sites". They are extremely limiting bandwidth to such sites because users were bogging down the system.

Anybody know a way around this?

P.S. Thanks for the responses,suggestions and help!!

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 11:20 am

I guess I learned something here. I didn't know that a provider could selectivly choose a "type of site" and limit the amount of bandwidth to or from it!

MailmanX · Post by **MailmanX** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 2:05 pm

I'm not positive this will work, but it's worth a shot: Find a fast, free proxy server and connect to Napster using that. I'm hoping that it will cause your ISP to see the proxy server address rather than seeing that you are connecting to Napster.

If you try it, let us know if it works.

Cornbread · Post by **Cornbread** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 2:53 pm

try winmx and see if you have the same problems. winmx

tomco2000 · Post by **tomco2000** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:46 am

I do experience the same problem with Winmx.