Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl speed test Message-ID: <200006030228.TAA21255@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <39382919.E91821E1@3-cities.com> from "Kent Stewart" at Jun 02, 2000 02:37:29 PM
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Actually, that's GTE's carrier part. The ISP doesn't have anything to do with how fast the line goes (other than how fast they can/will feed it). So, Kent, when are you getting DSL??? > The local ISP's provide a DSL Bronze+ connection that they claim is > 768kb/s. I've been told this is an adaptive setup and you won't see it > until you download a large file. A file transfer starts out slow and > moves up as the need continues. There has to be some file that you > need that is large enough to gauge what you eventual throughput is. I > like ws-ftp-pro because it lists the current rate during the download > but I only have that on my W2K machine. The problem would be finding a > source with no activity so that you aren't competing with a number of > people for a limited resource. With the right choice here, you may > still end up seeing 768kb/s. 178kb/s is still a lot better than my > usual 48kb/s modem connection :). > > Kent Mark -- ========================================================================= UNIX IS user friendly, it's just very choosy about who it calls a friend! ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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