FTP download speed

frailer · December 19, 2011, 04:56:41 PM

needed to download a 750 MB file, from in-house dezingers. Time's kinda tight in showbiz; heat's on me here to get it into XMF. Got the signal it's on the site. Start download... 120KBits/sec. = 1 hour 48 mins estimated. GRRR...
Decide on a whim to abort, reconnect. now downloading at ~600 MBits/sec. >> 22 mins estimated.
OK the speed varies a little during download, but... is the ballpark speed of the pipe pretty much determined at time of hook-up, depending on traffic? someone may know the inner workings of FTProtocol. Curious, mainly, but shall certainly try a re-hookup again on a slow one.

Joe · December 19, 2011, 06:22:05 PM

Depends throughout the download on a number of the things including your connection, the connection at the other end and the connection of any server between the two. It's all a complicated crap shoot.

t-pat · December 19, 2011, 06:29:02 PM

it has something to do with elves, I'm positive.

Joe · December 19, 2011, 06:29:43 PM

Quote from: t-pat on December 19, 2011, 06:29:02 PMit has something to do with elves, I'm positive.

Maybe squirrels too.

David · December 20, 2011, 08:09:43 AM

it's all a series of tubes, you know....

some of the tubes may be slightly clogged at times...

gnubler · December 20, 2011, 05:03:11 PM

Sneaky squirrels with clogged pipes?

t-pat · December 20, 2011, 05:12:41 PM

I'm thinking more like pipes clogged with squeaky squirrels, damn things get everywhere.

frailer · December 20, 2011, 05:58:02 PM

Quote from: t-pat on December 20, 2011, 05:12:41 PMI'm thinking more like pipes clogged with squeaky squirrels, damn things get everywhere.

Now it's starting to make sense.

t-pat · December 20, 2011, 06:06:58 PM

Quote from: frailer on December 20, 2011, 05:58:02 PM
Quote from: t-pat on December 20, 2011, 05:12:41 PMI'm thinking more like pipes clogged with squeaky squirrels, damn things get everywhere.

Now it's starting to make sense.

you don't have squirrels down there do you? I don't remember squirrels. Damn.

frailer · December 20, 2011, 06:20:29 PM

We have effin' bandicoots. Dig holes in your lawn in the dead of night.

t-pat · December 21, 2011, 12:48:16 AM

Quote from: frailer on December 20, 2011, 06:20:29 PMWe have effin' bandicoots. Dig holes in your lawn in the dead of night.

Cute but nothing like Treeus Ratticus, aka the n. American squrl. They are a living cartoon. They taunt cats and dogs, and old people feed them. Sometimes there will develop a colony of black ones. Those ones are extra scary.

pspdfppdfxhd · December 21, 2011, 06:25:34 AM

I always say it's like going down the highway... sometimes it's busy and sometimes you motor. If they crash, well you know what happens then.

But the fonts are like wide load trucks and can really slow things down. They used to be anyways, not sure if that's still true.

DigiCorn · December 21, 2011, 10:53:10 AM

We currently have squirrels and gophers living in our yard. My old house in the Bay Area had possums, skunks and raccoons, in addition to the squirrels... no gophers there, tho.

David · December 21, 2011, 11:22:05 AM

I got some rats if anybody needs one or two, or three.

NefariousDrO · December 22, 2011, 10:40:28 AM

Quote from: t-pat on December 21, 2011, 12:48:16 AM
Quote from: frailer on December 20, 2011, 06:20:29 PMWe have effin' bandicoots. Dig holes in your lawn in the dead of night.

Cute but nothing like Treeus Ratticus, aka the n. American squrl. They are a living cartoon. They taunt cats and dogs, and old people feed them. Sometimes there will develop a colony of black ones. Those ones are extra scary.

My friend says that squirrels are the kind of crazy that sits in a tree and screams "I'll Cut you!!" at everything that passes by.

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