How to see my modem dialup connection speed?

[nerdhacker]

i need to know where or how i can see the connection speed where my modem is conected to my isp using wvdial ???
in the shell when i start to connect using wvdial it doesn't show any information about this. and i need to compare the quality of the speed of various modems to see which is better in connection getting connected to my isp

[MikeTbob]

Will something like this work for you? You'll need Flash Player installed.
Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

[nerdhacker]

hmmm seems to be fine, but for my slow dialup connection very heavy to load flash (if it load)
there is not a more practical solution? some command or something else? i just want to see at how much KB is the dialup internet conection as it can be viewed on windows from the properties of the conection...

[MikeTbob]

You could try this one, which isn't java and is specifically for modems. It just downloads a small file and times it.
Modem Speed Test Page

You could always use the Ping command from the command line.

ping -c3 google.com

This will ping Google 3 times and exit.

[nerdhacker]

OK but... isn't here on linux something that show me my dialup connection speed ??? something without web based tests? must exist something doesn't it?

[MikeTbob]

Honestly, I haven't used dial up for so long that I basically do not know if there is something you can use or not. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in.

[rokytnji]

Honestly, I haven't used dial up for so long that I basically do not know if there is something you can use or not. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in.

Conky should be able to monitor I THINK. Not sure as I don't use dial up either.

HOW TO: Get Conky to show network output only on the active interface (scriptless) - Ubuntu Forums

Another route maybe is use Synaptic to download screenlets - one of which is called Sysmonitor. Sysmonitor can be configured to display download and upload speeds on the desktop plus a few other things if you're interested.