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- On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Jeremiah Kristal wrote:
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- > >with real world data.. expect 3:1 at the most, and possibly somewhere
- > >between 2-3:1 in the real world
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- > I regularly get 10k/sec when downloading text files, from both a BBS
- > and ftp'ing over a PPP link. These are general text files, generally
- > modem manuals and the like. It may not be 4:1 but it's pretty damn
- > close and I have averaged over 11k/sec on test files.
- >
- Actually, 10k/sec is exactly 3:1 (at 28.8, we can only assume that is
- your connect speed). I'm very curious. Give us an example of a specific
- file name and where you ftp'd it from. What ftp client do you use?
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- Thanks,
- Eric
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