Why is the download speed slow in the early seconds?
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Mar 15, 2026921 viewsConfidence Score0%
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When you download a big enough file, you can see that in the early seconds, the download speed increases to finally reach its mean value. Why?
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Two things: There's some overhead in negotiating and setting up the transfer, especially with protocols like FTP. FTP actually sets up a second TCP channel exclusively for data transfer, so a second 3-way handshake has to take place, etc etc. Most T…
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