I'm no expert, but shouldn't the measurement be kbs, or kilo-bits per
second. Divide kbs by 10 ( 8 bits = 1 byte, plus one start and one stop
bit) to get KBs (kilo-bytes per second). As pointed out by another post,
some of those bytes are IP overhead. If you have 432 kbs then your maximum
through-put should be less than 43KB per second provided the server can ship
it to you that fast.
I have a 128K ISDN line and the maximum through-put I have seen on it is
about 15K per second. Few servers will actually dish out a download that
fast!
Hope this helps,
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce E. Harris
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:10 AM
To: Expert
Subject: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start
I am suppose to have an ADSL link with 768kps download and 386kps upload
speeds.
I ran a test on my ISPs homepage to see what my d/l speeds are for graphics
and
text. The test showed speeds of around 30kps.
I contacted my ISP yesterday and was told even though I ordered 768kps, as a
home user my max speed is 432kps.
Am I missing something? Even with 432kps should a 300k file take less then
one
second to load instead of the 30 secs it took?
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Best Regards, Bruce
