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Does anyone know of a good and easy converter that allows you to input the file size and it will then display the estimated download time?
I need a variety of connection speeds - not just dial-up, but also various tiers (levels) of broadband, too.
The converter can be online, or a script that I can put on a page on our web server (windows platform). I just need to be able to distribute it to staff.
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ray326
09-14-2007, 12:10 AM
I've only seen those kinds of calculations as part of a download page but I'm sure there are utility pages out there with actual calculators like that. I use the ubiquitous 10Mb/sec Ethernet speed as a (best case) benchmark and scale from there. A 10Mb/sec line will move 1MB (one megabyte) per second because there is roughly a couple of bits worth of overhead in the protocols. Anyway, the other speeds are just ratios of that baseline.
Ah, yes, but that involves math and our staff don't want to do the calculation. :p
For what it's worth, I just came up with something (http://apps.cpe.ky.gov/temp_docs/downloadcalculator.htm), based on some javascripting I saw on a music website.
Wow! That's great. I had found one over at JSS but this one is better. Mind if I post it over there (with the proper credit, of course)?
Let me tidy up the coding first - there's a whole bunch of stuff commented out - plus it needs to made 'accessible', then I'll PM you.