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download speed history across 1 download and total data used

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seasaltseasalt
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Hello: i am mac 10.6x/Firefox 17.0.1

Is there a way to get a "logging/history record" of a download that has just completed.

I have 2 downlaod problems

1 >) am trying to see why speed changes during a download, average speed used, total time DL took i have a 900mb file from a filehost and it starts at 34kb/s then after 1.5hr goes to 300-400 kb/s. my broadband is much faster than this. it gives me 800+ reguarly when my friend dl this same file from same filehost, (different ISP of course), she gets 1000+ she is using IDM (internet download manager) to download as she is on windows.

2) > the data being consumed per ISP is 3 times size of file being data loaded.

so I wonder his there a historical tracking method in Firefox... so i may begin to troubleshoot my problem download speed and excessive data usage (e.g. file size is 900gb but using surplus monitor it showed 3gb was used)

thankyou in advance

Hello: i am mac 10.6x/Firefox 17.0.1 Is there a way to get a "logging/history record" of a download that has just completed. I have 2 downlaod problems 1 >) am trying to see why speed changes during a download, average speed used, total time DL took i have a 900mb file from a filehost and it starts at 34kb/s then after 1.5hr goes to 300-400 kb/s. my broadband is much faster than this. it gives me 800+ reguarly when my friend dl this same file from same filehost, (different ISP of course), she gets 1000+ she is using IDM (internet download manager) to download as she is on windows. 2) > the data being consumed per ISP is 3 times size of file being data loaded. so I wonder his there a historical tracking method in Firefox... so i may begin to troubleshoot my problem download speed and excessive data usage (e.g. file size is 900gb but using surplus monitor it showed 3gb was used) thankyou in advance

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cor-el
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You can use the SQLite Manager extension to generate a list.

  1. Open Profile Directory -> downloads.sqlite -> Go
  2. Hit the Execute SQL tab
  3. Use a Select like this: 
SELECT datetime(startTime/1000000,'unixepoch') AS startTime,name,source AS url,target,currBytes AS bytes,((endTime-startTime)/1e6) AS time,currBytes/((endTime-startTime)/1e6) AS speed
FROM moz_downloads
ORDER By startTime DESC
  • Click Run SQL to generate a results list
  • Click the Action button to Save the results to a CSV file