Fast ftp servers for speedtesting?

[Gozu]

Hi everybody. I'm having speed problems with my ISP and I need lots of hard data to shove in their throats. See, I always get great speeds from their servers (http://myacc.net/speedtest/) and they keep blaming any other servers I download from instead of listening to me and trying to fix the problem. For them, as long as my ping to the gateway is good and the modem's noise levels are good, it can't be their fault.

So what I need are LOTS and LOTS of FAST public ftp servers that have at least one file of several Mb in size so that I can speedtest from. Web based speedtests are not accurate nor reliable enough. What I'm looking for are your typical ISP, University or Company ftps on a big fat pipe. I'll need at least 40 or 50 of those if I want to make a solid case.

Your help would be greatly appreciated. Some examples of ftp servers I can use: ftp1.optonline.net , ftp.ea.com

Thank you all for your time.

I *ONLY* NEED FTP SERVERS. If you really must give me advice or anything else, please PM it to me. Thanks

 

[JackMDS]

I would try to download from Microsoft software taht was released few month ago (i.e it is not popular at the moment so it goes fast).

My Cable conncetion today is stable on 450KB/sec. downloading from Microsoft.

 

[Nothinman]

I always get great speeds from US Debian mirrors.

 

[AFB]

Find Flashget. I always get downloads above 300KB :beer:

 

[Gozu]

ftp.microsoft.com was already in my list. Any other suggestions?

Do you have the ftp addresses of the Debian mirrors?

I have no use for flashget nor *anything* that is not an actual ftp server. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear on that. I have edited the first post to emphasize it.

 

[Buzzman151]

is this going to be for you or multiple people?

 

[Gozu]

It's going to be for me. The trouble with small ISPs is that it is hard to find other users to "talk shop" with.

And I still need 49 ftps...cm'on guys! I know you have it in you

 

[Gozu]

It's going to be for me. The trouble with small ISPs is that it is hard to find other users to "talk shop" with.

And I still need 49 ftps...cm'on guys! I know you have it in you

 

[lasergecko]

Here's the redhat Mirrors http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html
You should be able to get a ton of ftps if you just look for mirrors for each linux distro.

 

[AFB]

Why don't you use flashget? I bet the main reason you are not getting that great of downloads is because many servers cap your speed. What flashget does is break up the file in to pieces and download it at the same time.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Why don't you use flashget? I bet the main reason you are not getting that great of downloads is because many servers cap your speed. What flashget does is break up the file in to pieces and download it at the same time.

I think that Guzu is planning a show case for his ISP to back is claim for slow service. Getting Flashget to accelerate the down load of few files is not a solution to his Quest. :light:

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Why don't you use flashget? I bet the main reason you are not getting that great of downloads is because many servers cap your speed. What flashget does is break up the file in to pieces and download it at the same time.

I think that Guzu is planning a show case for his ISP to back is claim for slow service. Getting Flashget to accelerate the down load of few files is not a solution to his Quest. :light:

Jack, it seems you are becoming obsessed with that light emoticon.

Guzu, I gave you a good reason why your speed may not be what you want it to be. My download speed is <100KBs when downloading without any speical progams. I get >300KBs with it.

 

[n0cmonkey]

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[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Why don't you use flashget? I bet the main reason you are not getting that great of downloads is because many servers cap your speed. What flashget does is break up the file in to pieces and download it at the same time.

Jack, it seems you are becoming obsessed with that light emoticon.

LOL. Light is Good it triumphs over the Dark.

Flash Get!

I do not think that Flashget has to do with the ?Speed? of your own connection.

As far as I know Flashget is based on the capacity to look for main and mirror servers and thus let you download faster in cases when the Feeding Server is slower than your connection. In addition it is more efficient in dividing and combining chunks of download, and resuming the download in case it was interrupted.

I other words Flashget take better advantage in downloading what is out there, but it is not ?Speeding Up? a slow ISP.

But in this case I might not see the light. :moon:

 

[AFB]

No , Flashget only uses mirrors if you tell it to. It helps get around intetionaly slow server.

 

[onelin]

Good luck with your speed tests, have you read your ISP's ToS? I bet it doesn't guarantee any speed, or even service. I hope that's not the case, but it usually is

 

[mboy]

I get over 900KB (yes KB) on this:
OOL 64mb test file off of their ftp server.

 

[dexter333]

mirrors.secsup.org

 

[dmcowen674]

I host a bunch of Video Files for a friend at FridayVideo.com