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On 2009-07-16, Mutlley <> wrote:
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> I'd like to know what every fracking update to Itunes is so bloated.

Apple is Ms Windows brother. (hint history)

> I believe the latest one is designed to cripple Itunes ability to sync
> apps with certain new mobiles out there.. (non iphone)

See above.


Question, why are you still on that platform? Get off it and offer
competition and freedom to yourself.

On Jul 16, 8:50*pm, Max Burke <mlvbu...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> How come downloading the latest iTunes update (74MB) from Major Geeks
> Internode mirror in Australia I get the following 'performance:'
>
> Download peek speed 1 to 1.5 MBits per second, average speed 500-750
> Kbits second, download time 15-30 minutes.
>
> *From Major Geeks mirrors in the USA I get the following performance:
> Download peek speed 10-12 MBits per second, average speed 7.53 MBits per
> second, download time 1-2 minutes. (actual download was 1 minute 41 seconds)
>
> On Paradise 10Mbit/2Mbit cable plan using Orbit download manager.
>
> --
> mlvbu...@xxxxxxxx.nz
> Replace the obvious with paradise.net to email me
> Found Imageshttp://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~mlvburke

Well, there could be a whole bag of reasons, load on the remote
server....saturation of the sea cable....routeing settings/policy by
your ISP, router fault or overload...etc etc....I use something called
smokeping to look at latency......

regards

Thing