Topic: Emulate slow download speeds? (Page 1 of 1)

I've searched around for a download speed emulator that will allow me to slow my connection so I can see how fast pages load on, say, a 56K connection. I know there's places that tell how long a given page will load on different connection speeds, but I want to "see" how slow it is.

ask your provider ..i'm sure they will be happy to downgrade you

Haha very funny...

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From 28.8 To Broadband: Web Site Speed Access Emulator

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http://www.masternewmedia.org/2004/03/06/from_288_to_broadband_web.htm

"A fully functional free trial is available for download "

If that's not what you're after hunt around here. I founs this on page 3.

http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-ws_only-true-s-download+speed+emulator&start=20

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Well, it's possible to calculate how long a certain file or set of files will take to download over a given connection speed. '56k' means 56 kilobits of data transfered every second. Divide it by 8 and you get the number of kilobytes per second the connection can download in theoretical ideal conditions.

So, if your connection speed is x, and the collective total of your page and its accompanying style-sheets, images and java-scripts is y, and the download time is t:

t = y / (x / 8.0)

Therefor, if your connection speed is 56Kb, and your total file sizes are 53KB (noting that Kb means Kilobit, and KB means Kilobyte)

t = 53 / (56 / 8.0) = 53 / 7 = 7.57 seconds


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NoJive: This isn't a important thing to me, I have just been looking for a free program to emulate slow download speeds. Since the Web Speed Simulator trial has the 30 day limitation, I have to pass since I'd have to remove it after 30 days (leaving the usual residue).

Skaarjj: AFAIK, WebSiteOptimization.com basically figures that stuff out for you. Thanks for the math though.

It's always important to be able to do it yourself. What happens if that site suddenly dissapears when you need it?


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