Command-line speed test?

[Robert Dailey]

Well, I can't use lynx to run a speed test, since I can't find any
reliable html-only speed test websites. Most of them are in flash or
java, which is annoying.

I can't use SCP since all of the computers I have access to (other
than my server) have a very much slower bandwidth, so I wouldn't be
able to truly stress test the bandwidth of my server.

I can't use iperf since that requires a server (faster than mine)
running an iperf server.

I am still pretty stuck on this. Can anyone provide more guidance?
Thanks for the help so far guys.