FTP Speed Test Lite

First FTP speed test. Single trial of network speed during evening hours (21:30-22:00) when the cable modem is loaded with traffic from the neighbors. The AT&T gateway is unloaded.

• Upload 6,098,903 byte WMV file, download 97,704,430 zipped collection of MP3s.
• Transfer program: native MS Windows FTP from command line.
• Connections are wired (100 Mb/s) Ethernet.
• Source host is Windows Vista Ultimate x64.
• Target host is UNIX.
• Distance to host via AT&T: average 47 msec.
• Distance to host via TWC: average 25 msec.
• Number of test runs: 1 upload and download for each network.
• Test time: 21:30-22:00 PT, during prime time television broadcast.

Network	Time Up	Rate Up	Time Down	Rate Down
TWC	100.71s	60.54KB/s	178.39s	547.71KB/s
AT&T	51.74s	117.89KB/s	138.10s	708.04KB/s

Not a bad first look. AT&T is twice as fast uploading, and 30% faster downloading.