Want to test my 4mb dsl -- can't find large files lol

Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can get. I
have tried p2p applications like emule etc, but am not very thrilled with
the speeds.

Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what) that
are free to download so I could test my speed.

Thanks .

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can get. I
> have tried p2p applications like emule etc, but am not very thrilled with
> the speeds.
>
> Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what)
that
> are free to download so I could test my speed.
>
> Thanks .
>
>
http://www.ulead.co.uk/

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:13:10 +0530, [Bill] said :-

>Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can get. I
>have tried p2p applications like emule etc, but am not very thrilled with
>the speeds.
>
>Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what) that
>are free to download so I could test my speed.
>
>Thanks .
>

Try microsoft, and get one of their huge downloads for service packs
(things like xpsp1a)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...1/network.mspx


They have massive bandwidth, and you should get a sustained d/l rate.

You don't have to completely download, just check the browser speed on
download after a settling period.

On 04 Aug 2004, Bill wrote

> Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can
> get. I have tried p2p applications like emule etc, but am not very
> thrilled with the speeds.
>
> Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter
> what) that are free to download so I could test my speed.

The Linux distros tend to be substantial.

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Cheers,
Harvey

Got to a binary CD image group such as alt.binaries.cd.image & try
downloading one of the large multi section posts.

Bill wrote:
> Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can get. I
> have tried p2p applications like emule etc, but am not very thrilled with
> the speeds.
>
> Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what) that
> are free to download so I could test my speed.
>
> Thanks .
>
>
http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test or http://ocean.zen.co.uk

www.mirrorservice.org (the old mirror.ac.uk) might also be worth a look.

On 5 Aug 2004, in uk.telecom.broadband, "Bill" wrote:

>Would like to test my new 4mb dsl to see what speeds I really can get.
>Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what)
>that are free to download so I could test my speed.

You could try the webcams from PlusNet (until they cut them from outside
access or limit the upper speed, maybe :-) and with MS IE you could open
more than one at a time (hint: ctrl-N) but you may need a plugin.

Their webcam index: <http://www.plus.net/webcams/index.html>



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> Does anyone know any sites that have large files (doesn't matter what)
> that
> are free to download so I could test my speed.

www.wmvhd.com

All being served by big servers on big pipes