[plug] ADSL speed

[Russ Powers]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:39 pm, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, quoth Russ Powers:
> > Is there any software to test the actual speed of downloads and uploads
> > on my adsl link? Or perhaps a website that can do it?
>
> Download something relatively big from your ISP's fileserver (if they have
> one)
>
> Assuming you are on WAIX you could also download from another WAIX ISP's
> fileserver (eg mirror.wa.3fl.net)

Yeah, that's pretty much how I do it. I usually get about 53kB/s. I just asked 
the question because my brother in the us was accessing my server and he said 
it wa very slow. 

> > I assume the theoretical speed of the adsl connection is affected by the
> > application being used and the number of machines between my desktop and
> > the end destination.
>
> The number of machines will affect latency, it should not affect speed.

I should have been more specific, I was wanting to measure total transfer 
time, not link speed. Just laziness on my part.  ;)

> Also, the value reported by the application (ftp client etc) will be less
> than the actual throughput of the ADSL which includes the TCP/IP overheads
> etc.
>
> I've found FTP on 512kb ADSL maxes out around 55-60kB/s

OK, that's what I see. Thanks for that.

> 1.5Mbit ADSL around 155-160 kB/s
>
>  - Matt
>
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Regards,
Russ