Choppy, Most FTP/HTTP servers around the globe hosting those CD images are pretty slammed right now. Putting the images on some local server would at least make it available to BRLUG members with faster connections than dial-up. I can download about 80KB/sec sustained and sometimes much faster than that.
So: 650,000,000 kilobytes / 80,000 kilobytes/sec = 8125 seconds / 60 seconds = 135 minutes. That is assuming that I am able to download _kilobytes_ instead of _kilobits_. Guess I'm off to www.dslreports.org for a quick test. Sure, I agree that dial-up connections will be very slow, but even if you were downloading the files from a server connected to your ISP, you would notice a higher sustained throughput rate overall, merely because you are both on the same local network. John Hebert --- Chopin Cusachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm a cup of coffee short of awake, but I > don't see > how putting the images on a webserver would make up > for snail pace dial-up connection. > > At 06:59 AM 10/25/01 -0700, you wrote: > >Dangit, a little too quick on the trigger... :) > > > >There must have been a problem with disk 2. Can > anyone > >confirm the exact size of the .iso image for disk > 2? > > > >Also, if you have download both images and have the > >drive space, bandwidth and know-how, consider > setting > >up a simple webserver and webpage so that others > can > >download them. > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
