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Re: FTP modem speed
From:
Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:31:25 -0600
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At 10:58 PM 8/31/98 -0400, you wrote:
>and get a speed check on my modem. It reported for a file size of 1,335,032
>(1.33k) [ZIP compressed]
>with a speed of "1.38Kbytes/sec". The modem is a "generic" Davicom
>Voice/Data/Fax 33.6". Is this a
>good speed reported or am I at least close to having optimum speed?
>
This sounds quite slow.  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.

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