Speed of a USB Mobile Broadband 3G GSM within Ubuntu Desktop

[Johan Scheepers]

On 04/30/2011 04:12 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to know the speed of a USB Mobile Broadband 3G GSM 
> within Ubuntu Desktop ?
>
> I use speedometer but when i run, i get the below message.
>
> $sudo speedometer -rx ppp0
> /usr/bin/speedometer:21: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is 
> deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.
>   import popen2
>
> Please suggest ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kaushal
I use gkrellm and found it nice see what is happening on the internet 
connection.
I disable all except cpu and etho. When using mobile broadband it 
changes to ppp0.
maybe this will be of help
Johan S