2010/2/15 Kathleen Delany <kathleendel...@hotmail.com> > > How long should it take to download the Open Office.org suite of programs? > > > > I have high speed internet access, and it presently shows 4 hours or more > to download! Is this correct? > > > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Kathleen >
Kathleen, it may be the case that the OOo servers are the limiting factor here, rather than the downstream speed of your internet connexion. If a lot of users attempt to download the OOo 3.2 files at the same time, the servers may become overloaded, which leads to a decrease in the speed at which files can be downloaded. How much time should a download take ? The OOo 3.2 download file is about 150 MB, i e, 1200 Mbits in size ; if your maximum downstream speed is 10 Mbps, that would imply that *under optimal conditions * the download should take 1200/10 = 120 s or 2 minutes. Four hours seems a bit much ; in such a case, I'd pause the download and then try again later when hopefully, you won't have quite so many competitors for the attention of the OOO server from which you're downloading.... Henri
