# Your fastest file transfer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358 "2000-03-04T10:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/1 "2000-03-04T10:27:00Z")
I sure do love getting mp3’s faster than I can listen to them. That’s the great thing about cable modems. My single fastest file transfer was about 90 kb/s. I’m sure some of you can top that. Who’s got a T1 ? * * * I am the user formerly known as puffington. ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/2 "2000-03-04T12:31:00Z")
No T1, I’m afraid, but I do have SDSL (192Kb each way - I’m too far away from the CO to get ADSL). I’ve run tests that indicate I’m getting pretty much all of the advertised bandwidth. Those with ADSL or Cable will have much faster (inbound, anyway) connections than I. This does remind me of the old adage, though - “never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes”. ---
**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/3 "2000-03-04T16:07:00Z")
I get 200+ K/s across my home network 🙂 * * * ``All of your dreams will come true. All of my dreams came true, but now… I have a bunch of other dreams.’’ – Sonic Youth. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/4 "2000-03-05T06:18:00Z")
We have a T1 at our house, but we’re always limited by other people’s bandwidth limitations. I have, however, gotten close to 250k/sec before. trisha ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/5 "2000-03-04T20:56:00Z")
The school has a T3, so my fastest connection to an outside source was about 300 - 400k. Fastest file transfer of course is local, where it quite often exceeds 900kbs. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/6 "2000-03-04T21:59:00Z")
The fastest I’ve ever gotten with my 28.8 modem was 4K/sec. You ALL suck. ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/7 "2000-03-04T23:34:00Z")
With my cable modem, I’ve pulled around 400 kps. Studi * * * When I grow up, I want to be the Minister of Silly Walks. ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/8 "2000-03-05T00:45:00Z")
With one individual remote server, I have gotten up to about 180 kb/s, but when I download from multiple servers att he same time, I have taken rough estimate sof about 7 or 8 hundred… I have the Wave cable access. * * * "Elmo knows where you live! – Elmo, after Homer stiffed PBS for $10,000 If you need a graphic solution, [http:\ alk.to\Piglet](http://talk.to%5CPiglet) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/9 "2000-03-05T00:49:00Z")
I often get 300-400k on my cable modem. Life is sweet. * * * – From an actual catalog" “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/10 "2000-03-05T01:43:00Z")
Damn, some of you people want to make me picket US Worst because the best connection rate I can get is 26.4 (connected oddly enough at 28.8 right now) but I have never seen a transfer rate better than about 2.80k on this sorry piece of crap phone line! All I want is DSL and they can’t provide that, been promising it for a year and a half now…\< whoa is me \> ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/11 "2000-03-05T01:45:00Z")
I really need to proof read my posts…damn, it should translate to: your connection rates make me want to picket US Worst ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/12 "2000-03-05T02:46:00Z")
I transfered 600 megs in only 5 seconds. Took the cdrom from one computer & put it in the other. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/13 "2000-03-05T03:22:00Z")
If I hit a good server with a big pipe, and if the gods are not smiting me that day, I can and have pulled over 150KB (that’s KiloBytes, not Kilobits…) per second. Yes, I download mp3 files in better than realtime. Amazingly, I get better performance at home on my ADSL that I do at work on the T3. Well, mostly. * * * A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/14 "2000-03-05T03:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by techchick68: > \*\*Damn, some of you people want to make me picket US Worst because the best connection rate I can get is 26.4 (connected oddly enough at 28.8 right now) but I have never seen a transfer rate better than about 2.80k on this sorry piece of crap phone line! > \*\* ## TC, that’s actually about right for a 28.8 connection. Remeber that KBps is different than Kbps. Eight bits to the Byte, plus error-correction, and so on, makes a factor of tena good rule of thumb. Hence 28.8 Kbps ~=2.8 KBps. A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/15 "2000-03-05T04:05:00Z")
Here’s an interesting link to test your bandwidth… [http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp](http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp) ## I seem to be pulling something like 130 KBps right now. A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/16 "2000-03-05T05:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I often get 300-400k on my cable modem > [@](#): > > With my cable modem, I’ve pulled around 400 kps. **DAMN!** I’m getting ripped off over here!! Are you guys unidirectional or bidirectional? * * * I am the user formerly known as puffington. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/17 "2000-03-05T10:50:00Z")
From Jo3shs link. Your line speed: 832.7 Kbps 102 K bytes/sec Not too bad, but rumor has it that the cable modem company is going to have a class action suit filed for negligence because of its line speeds being so far below advertised and the market average. ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/18 "2000-03-05T15:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Jo3sh said: > > Here’s an interesting link to test your bandwidth… > [http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp](http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp) I’m getting [ul][li]1457.1 Kbps[/li][li]178.6 K bytes/sec[/ul][/li] I’ll have to try from my home computer later. Damn, that will be depressing. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fastest-file-transfer/14358/19 "2000-03-05T16:33:00Z")
I got 42.7k Wow.