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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
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