The slowest download servers I have ever seen

Occasionally I need to connect to the Brother (Brother International Ltd) website to download drivers and updates for my Brother multifunction device.

I have had the pleasure from downloading from this site a number of times. Today's rant is regarding the fact the the download speed is horrible. From the screenshot you will see a magnificent 0.8 KB/sec speed on a driver download (4102peng.EXE) . This rate is pretty much constant throughout the entire download process. Shame on you Brother International!

You may notice that I am also downloading a file from Microsoft (FileFormatConverters.exe) to show a comparison and you can see it has a more reasonable speed of 846 KB/sec. 846 KB/sec may not be a staggering speed outside of New Zealand but it is representative of the monopoly situation Telecom New Zealand has when it comes to controlling bandwidth. Hopefully the building of a new international cable by Kordia will reduce New Zealand's reliance on the Southern Cross Cable.


I am re-downloading the drivers for my Brother MFC-210CN printer because attempting to update my Windows XP Machine to Service Pack 3 completely toasted it!