Hi: I am looking for an FTP client that is basically as small, stable and fast as TB and offers a lot of functionality. Bloatware clients like SmartFTP or WS_FTP Pro are therefore out of the question for me. I've been evaluating several clients like AbsoluteFTP 2.01 (www.vandyke.com), Bulletproof FTP (www.bpftp.com) and the built-in client of Windows Commander (www.ghisler.com) over the last couple of days. In terms of size, stability and functionality, Bulletproof FTP seemed like the right choice. It is extremely small yet allows me to queue files from different directories and export my settings. However, yesterday I used each of those clients to upload a 10 MB test file to a local server using a T1 connection under WinNT 4.0 SP6. To my great amazement and despair, it took BPFTP over 3 minutes to upload that file (at an average rate of 40 kb/sec) whereas AbsoluteFTP and Windows Commander finished the job in less than a minute. I have repeated this test several times and the results did not change. So it looks like that for some reason BPFTP is much, much slower and I don't understand that huge discrepancy. Do FTP clients really differ that greatly when it comes to speed? I figured that there would be small differences but BPFTP being three times slower than the other two clients is simply unacceptable despite its otherwise outstanding features. Any comments, recommendations or suggestions? What is your favorite FTP client?
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