Max upload speed with GoDaddy shared hosting
I've done some testing, and I figure the community may appreciate my results. All of this testing was done in a controlled environment, with machines that could handle the load.
Step 1: Make sure my download connection won't bottleneck the download from GoDaddy.
First, I used a bandwidth test site (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/) to examine my bandwidth, a couple times, from different locations. My Comcast connection tested at 6 Mbit down, and .33 Mbit up.
Step 2: Profile the download speed from GoDaddy Server by downloading a large file.
I then downloaded a 1.6 Mebibyte file from my shared hosting account with GoDaddy.
Step 3: Draw conclusions
On my 100 Megabit local connection, the download from GoDaddy Shared Hosting maxed out at about (~) 2.08 % of my connection: that's ~ 2.08 Megabits. I tested this multiple (4) times.
Thus, my maximum shared hosting upload speed is: ~ 254 Kibibytes / s or ~ ( 2.08 Megabits / s )
Terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
1 Megabit = (10^3) ^ 2 bits (1000000)
1 Kilobit = 10^3 bits (1000)
1 Mebibyte = ( 2^10 ) ^ 2 bytes (1024 * 1024)
1 Kibibyte = 2^10 bytes (1024)
1 byte = 8 bits
I'd love to hear some other stats from people on other shared hosting accounts. ( e.g. 1&1 )