Re: [newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0
On Friday 07 February 2003 10:30 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: On Friday 07 February 2003 10:59 pm, K. Spress wrote: Thinking about this on a 56k phone dial up modem it would take 2 days straight at 5k per second? so at about 35k per second on a 256k dsl about 6.5 hours *snip* my cablemodem is capped 1.5Mbps, the same as the most popular dsl speeds.. and I can download a 700M CD image in less than an hour, with favorable network conditions. For some of the hokier dsl services, that offer 400kbps and 800kbs, you can just about double, to quadruple that.. My cable modem has a slightly different cap. 8 Mbps (mega BITS per second) download maximum, 1.5 Mbps upload max. The big marketing point locally is that DSL is never shared bandwidth while cable is. Yeak OK, so? What I get as my shared bandwidth from cable at peak hours is still higher than the best my downstairs neighbour gets from his DSL. The last ISOs I downloaded were Mandrake 9.1beta3. All three simultaneously, three different servers so I didn't hog the bandwidth from any individual mirror. The 3 images (all three are roughly 700 MB) were completed in 1 hour 23 minutes. A three ISO distribution download with this connection is usually between 1.5 and 3.25 hours depending only on available bandwidth at the mirror and internet traffic between here and wherever there. I can download them faster than I can generally burn them since my CD-RW is only a 4x4x24 Mitsumi. g Did someone say fast? Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose? -- Why Why Why n°8 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0
On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:07 am, Charlie wrote: snip The last ISOs I downloaded were Mandrake 9.1beta3. All three simultaneously, three different servers so I didn't hog the bandwidth from any individual mirror. The 3 images (all three are roughly 700 MB) were completed in 1 hour 23 minutes. A three ISO distribution download with this connection is usually between 1.5 and 3.25 hours depending only on available bandwidth at the mirror and internet traffic between here and wherever there. Sorry! Those ISOs (9.1beta3) are roughly 650 MB not 700. Everything else was as stated. Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not. -- Robert Benchley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0
I am the first in the area to have broadband and SBC is the first to reach our neighborhood. Local cable has been promising for two years they would have their system ready for us. I am pleased to say that my connection compared to others with DSL is the fastest so far and if I am looking at a couple of hours to three I am must say I am very impressed. I was under the impression it would take some 6 hours from an old post here some years ago. Thank you Civileme, Rob, Roger, and Todd. Also anyone else who posts I will read it them all for your individual opinions and experience.
Re: [newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0
Thinking about this on a 56k phone dial up modem it would take 2 days straight at 5k per second? so at about 35k per second on a 256k dsl about 6.5 hours Kenneth E. Spress Specializing In Internet Services that Linux Users Prefer Interested In Saving Money on Local and Long Distance Services please e mail me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineer Future ACN Regional Vice PresidentWould you like a 24 x 7 Cash Register E Mail Me To Find Out[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0
On Friday 07 February 2003 10:59 pm, K. Spress wrote: Thinking about this on a 56k phone dial up modem it would take 2 days straight at 5k per second? so at about 35k per second on a 256k dsl about 6.5 hours *snip* my cablemodem is capped 1.5Mbps, the same as the most popular dsl speeds.. and I can download a 700M CD image in less than an hour, with favorable network conditions. For some of the hokier dsl services, that offer 400kbps and 800kbs, you can just about double, to quadruple that.. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's in YOUR wallet?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
