DL gets different speed

[Joker]

Im having this strange problem.
When i download twice from same ftp site, the dl speeds are different.
Lets say im starting a download and im getting 70kb/s (maxed out)
and i start another download while im downloading at 70kb/s.
The strange thing is that the speed im getting with my second download is 5-10kb/s while the first one stays at 60-65kb/s.
Why is that so? shouldnt they be more the same? like 30-40 each?

This also happens with other ftp clients.
My firewall (zone alarm) has nothing to do with it.
im on cable connection 640/128
This didnt happen before i formated my pc.
Also tried with other sites and same thing happens there.

But while im downloading from http both speeds are going the same.

[MxxCon]

it "should" even out both connections..
no idea why it wouldn't
try to play around with upload buffer size, it might make a difference

[Linkster]

this is actually normal behavior...same with http, ie downloads. Not sure of the technical answer behind it though