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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I downloaded and installed the linuxpackages curl and openssl for SW81 and 
uploaded a jpg with curl with and without --limit-rate 2000

curl ftp://username:password AT ftp.freeshell.org -T filename.jpg 
--limit-rate 2000
[all on one line}

200K file uploaded at average speed 1307 with the limit, 1310 without it, 
occasionally reaching as high as 2051 cps that way.  Total time 2 min 40 
sec either way.  Transfer speed all over the place from 0 to 2051.

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While dialed in with Kermit (or kermit then ssh) to a bbs:
kermit -ir
Ctrl-C, send filename.jpg

Kermit file transfer upload was going faster at first but kept slowing 
down, from 7K to about 1K near the end and it also suddenly went from 95 
packets and 10 errors to 96 packets and 130 errors.  I think I have a 
noisy line. Kermit file transfer always has an extra 20 sec or so of 
decreasing from 30 to 0 window slots and lots of errors.  I use it because 
it works with an existing Kermit connection, which saves the time of 
starting an FTP connection.  I should probably use it only for short files 
because of the slowdown.

Kermit FTP was a bit faster - 2 min 20 sec and NO error message (and no 
Window Slots). At the end of the transfer, speed had dropped from 1850 to 
1600 cps. This seems to be the fastest of the three methods on this size 
file and the most stable in speed.

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ftpput  -u username -p password ftp.freeshell.org ~keesan filename.jpg

took 2 min 45 sec (statistically insignificantly longer than curl)
The instructions say that the last two things here are remote-filename 
local-filename but it works only with remote-directory local-filename.

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Anyone have another idea on how to upload faster?  Freeshell itself is 
probably variable depending on how heavily it is being used at any moment.
For this length file Kermit FTP is the winner, for shorter files Kermit 
file transfer, and ftpput is nearly the same as curl.

I could put my files on a zip disk (or memory card) and take them to a 
friend with DSL but that would take longer than uploading 50 50K jpegs 
(2.5MB, under 30 min).

Sindi