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. ----- **Need help with PCBUILD mailing list? Send an Email to:** Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> or Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>