# Estimating Download Time

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/estimating-download-time/313374>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/estimating-download-time/313374 "2010-08-27T12:13:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![e\_owen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@e\_owen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/e_owen)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/estimating-download-time/313374/1 "2010-08-27T12:13:04Z")

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Does anyone have a reliable method for estimating download time of SWF’s, or any filetype for that matter? I have tried using a Bandwidth Profiler to work out the users kbps and divide the totalBytes by that but it is proving inaccurate.

Any advice appreciated.  
Thanks.