On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 04:38:53PM -0700, Dexter Graphic wrote: > > > ( 28 MB * 1024 KB/MB * 8 kb/KB ) / ( 28.8 kb/s * 360 s/h ) > > > = 22 hours > > > Dexter, there are 3600 seconds in an hour, not 360. So your > > calculation is reduced down to 2.2 hours. > > > > Sheesh, you could have updated your system by now! > > Thanks for finding my error, Cory. I suspected that something > wasn't right. But this 2.2 hours is a theoretical maximum. My > actual download time today for a 1234 KB file was 413 seconds. > That's ( 1234 KB * 8 kb/KB ) / 413 seconds = 23.9 kb/second. > At that rate the 28 MB download would only take 2.7 hours. I > think I'll give it a try. If it comes in under three hours it > will be amazing; I remember big files in the past taking much > longer. I'll keep track and let you know how it goes. -Dexter
Back when I was running unstable, I noticed that using ftp mirrors instead of http mirrors helped save lots of time with poor connections (fewer timeouts etc). -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
