[Pan-users] Re: Increasing connections to server decreases overall speed

[walt]

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:30:05 -0700, Rick Barry wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Pan 0.132 on Ubuntu 8.04.1.
> 
> I modified the number of connections in the servers.xml file from 4 to
> 10 which is how many my news provider allows on my account.
> 
> I notice though, that as connections start up, the speed drops from
> about 400 kB/s to just under 330 kB/s as it approaches 10 connections.
> Is this a function of my ISP pipe (DSL) being too small, or am I just
> seeing less speed but greater throughput due to the larger number of
> connections?

First, how are you measuring the total throughput?  The bottom left box
of pan's status bar?  I've never looked at the code to find out how that
calculation is done, and so I can't tell how accurate it is or isn't.

Second, what is the advantage of using 10 connections?  This has puzzled
me for a long time and I've heard several different explanations which
haven't quite convinced me yet.  This question always sparks a lively
debate, which I've already heard several times but wouldn't mind hearing
again.