Re: Page download times

Hello.......

56K modem here, running at 38K (all the way up to 44K on a good day),
Windows 98, IE 6. The first page wouldn't load at all....after 35 seconds I
got a "page not found" message. The second page popped right up almost
instantly.

Hope that helps,
Dusty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Thrasher" <steph(at)omsoft.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:07 AM
Subject: Page download times


> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to redo some pages to get their file sizes down, and my boss
> doesn't understand the need for it.  I wonder if there's anyone out
> there with a dial-up connection who could try these two versions of a
> page and tell me the download time for each.
>
> I'm estimating their download time as the total of their component text
> and graphic file sizes (in memory, not on disk), and dividing by 5K per
> sec, but would like to make sure I'm figuring it right.
>
> Old page:
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/newsites/wa/region2/r2list.html
>
> New page:
> http://www.thrasherweb.com/LFB/r2list.htm
>
> Thanks very much in advance for anyone willing to time them for me.
>
> Stephanie
>
>
>

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