Andy Walls wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 01:29 -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: >> Andy Walls wrote: >>> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 09:10 +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote: >>> >>>> BTW: I just made a clone of the git-tree - 365MB *ouff*. >>> Assuming 53.333 kbps download speed, 0% overhead, no compression: >>> >>> 365 MiB * 2^20 bytes/MiB * 8 bits/byte / 53333 bits/sec / 3600 sec/hr = >>> 15.95 hours >> It is an one time download, since, once you got it, the updates are cheap. >> >> Btw, it is a way small than a single CD needed for you to install Linux. >> >> If you want to get it and you're not willing to pay to a decent Internet >> connection, > > If only I could pay for a *decent* one. > > If I just want bandwidth at a poor level of service, poor reliability > and high cost, then I'll pay for the local cable TV internet service. > > I'm in one of the white areas on the map on page 33 of: > > http://www.tccsmd.org/downloads/Broadband%20Final%20Report.pdf > > I don't really have options for getting a good value for my dollar on > broadband internet. > > (The residential broadband deployment in the US is just terrible IMO.)
Rural areas are more problematic. Here, in Brazil, we have a good coverage at low and fixed cost via cellular (about US$40,00/mo for 1Mb bandwidth). Yet, on rural areas, there's no 3G support, so it drops to EDGE or 2G speed. I have one of this, plus a xDSL link. >> just ask someone to get it for you and save on a CD. > > Nah. Next time I head to the library, I'll just bring a laptop along: > free WiFi. Yeah, this should work. After you've pulled the tree, the updates are not that bad. >> Of course you can also keep using -hg. > > That was my plan. > > Regards, > Andy > >> Cheers, >> Mauro > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
