Incrementing dl/up speed

I used linux (MANDRIVA) for some time, and I have noticed that , in general, the dl/up speeds are faster like 1/3 or 1/4 faster.

Does anyone have the same perception, or heard anything like it ?

Is this true ?

Is there a way of incrementing the speed in windows to “linux speed” ?

I use Linux most of the time SuSe 10.1

but run Utorrent in that, it is certainly quick, but I would be interested to know if you were running BC in Mandriva

Not sure if it is really quicker, it very much depends what you are downloading, but maybe someoneelse has some experience. I have never really looked into it, but will look more closely from now on