I have a T1 at work and could host it there if y'all are interested. Shannon
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 15:07, John Hebert wrote: > 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. > ================================================ -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 ================================================ 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. ================================================
