[CLUE-Tech] What are your cablemodem/dsl download speeds?

black at galaxy.silvren.com black at galaxy.silvren.com
Sat Nov 8 22:47:31 MST 2003


With my earthlink DSL I get a tad under 128k up, and get anywhere from
1-1.5 mbps down.


> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > How long is it taking those of you with cablemodems or DSL to download an
> > average sized Linux distribution ISO (~650mb?)
> >
> > Whipping out the old calculator, this is about 120k/second:
> >
> >   echo "scale=2;650000000/(90*60)"|bc
> >   120370.37
> >
> > With my cablemodem, it's taking about 90 minutes, give or take a few.  This
> > isn't as fast as I remember from previous ISP's.  I'd appreciate any
> > comments from the rest of you, so that I have some comparative info.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > ====Keith



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