rick moen ricklinuxmafiacom quoting breathnach proinnsias dublin breatproexchangeiemlcom reliable way calculate connection speed dont trust modem reports wget file known length script runs date equivalent aware speed upstream link one thing speed countless congested routers faraway location may quite another remember hardwarelevel compression factor file wget probably precompressed area slightly exotic aware different traffic may higher priority thus available bandwidth various points transit tofrom traffic may go via different paths coming vs going aware raw bulk transfer speed may thing matters depending youre modems connection latency might matter differs widely modems matters interactive sessions eg ssh remote logins keystroke echoed remote cheers send policeman arrested rick moen otto von bismarck asked ricklinuxmafiacom would british army landed irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie tue 8 oct 2002 120633 0700 ilug modem question