Try using binary mode of ftp. Or rcp.
If by "internet wire" you really mean an ethernet cable,
I've gotten 400Kbytes/sec between two unloaded 750s on
a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet cable with binary mode of ftp.
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John Quarterman, UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq
ARPA Internet and CSNET: jsq at sally.UTEXAS.EDU, formerly jsq at ut-sally.ARPA