[thelist] Simulate Dialup Speed?

Timothy Joko-Veltman tim at indigopixel.com
Sat Dec 4 12:27:55 CST 2004


On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 10:05 -0800, Maximillian Schwanekamp wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Does anyone know of a method/app to simulate browsing at dialup speed? 
> Of course, I could just connect via dialup, but that's rather 
> time-consuming for a quick reality check on how fast a page I made 
> downloads.  I can guesstimate the time based on the total file size, but 
> I find experience to be a better teacher.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
There's a site that has a bunch of tools that do this sort of thing,
some of them online.

http://www.numion.com/Stopwatch/index.html?

Knock yourself out.

Timothy

-- 
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
        -- Arthur C. Clarke



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