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|    Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li    |
|    08 Sep 25 17:20:34    |
      XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11       From: address@is.invalid              Daniel,              >>> But how does the distant end know when I have received the entire file       >>> (i.e. Download end time)??              As said, the sending-side marks the last to-be-send data-block as being ...       well, the last block. :-)              >>> Similarly, how does the distant end know when my computer started the       >>> Upload (Upload start time)??              By receiving the first block of data ?              Mind you, files do *not* get send as a single block, but as a number of       smaller blocks.              Regards,       Rudy Wieser              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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