How long will it take to transmit or receive a document?
The time it takes to transmit or receive a document primarily depends on the user’s Internet Service Provider (ISP), modem speed, and the type of PDF file being transmitted or received. The CM/ECF system will accept both text and image PDF files. The text PDF file is usually the result of saving a document from a word processor in PDF format. The image PDF file is usually created by scanning a paper document in PDF format. The text file can be transmitted and received 15 to 20 times faster than the image file because it is much smaller in size. While this difference in speed is usually not noticeable in a 1 or 2 page document, the difference can be significant when a document reaches about 20 pages in length. Here are a couple of rough approximations of what you might expect for upload or download time for different kinds of connections for a megabyte of data (approximately one million characters, spaces included). These are only approximations.
The time it takes to transmit or receive a document primarily depends on the user’s Internet Service Provider (ISP), modem speed, and the type of PDF file being transmitted or received. The CM/ECF system will accept both text and image PDF files. The text PDF file is usually the result of saving a document from a word processor in PDF format. The image PDF file is usually created by scanning a paper document in PDF format. The text file can be transmitted and received 15 to 20 times faster than the image file because it is much smaller in size. While this difference in speed is usually not noticeable in a 1 or 2 page document, the difference can be significant when a document reaches about 20 pages in length.
