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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   
      
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