Use a FTP program to download a big zip file (should be over 200K, say
500k - 1Mb) from you ISP (local server). Then look the speed reported by
FTP program all the time.

Jun

Dave Schroeder wrote:

>         Earl Truss wrote:>
>         A typical "average" transfer rate is about one-tenth of the
> modem's rating.  That is, a 33.6Kbps (thousand bits per second) modem
> should be able to handle a transfer rate of about 3.36KB/sec (thousand
> bytes per second).  I usually connect to my ISP at 26.4Kbps and get
> transfer rates of around 2.4KB/sec on most transfers.
>
>         How does one find out what the transfer rate actually is?  In
> the example above you say that you get a transfer rate of around
> 2.4KB/sec.  How did you find out this rate?
>
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