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Subject:RE: calculating web download times From:"Ward, Curtis (DBS-CLT)" <curtis_ward -at- dbs-systems -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:43:13 -0500
I don't know of a specific formula (there would be a remarkable number of
variables), but both FrontPage and Dreamweaver offer this information for a
page loaded into the editor. In the case of FP, this is given in seconds
time based on a 28.8 connection. It might be configurable.
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Curtis Ward
curtis_ward -at- dbs-systems -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Boyington
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:31 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: calculating web download times
>
> > I'm looking for a method to calculate
> > the amount of time it takes a webpage
> > to download from the server to the
> > user's machine (looked in the archive
> > and didn't see this info there).
>
> Try this online calculator:
>http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/AATimeCalc.html
>
> ====================================================
> Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okcareertech -dot- org
> Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education
> Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc
> ====================================================
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