On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:58 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday February 7 2003 10:06 pm, Robert wrote: > > How long will take approximately to download LM 9.0 using a DSL > > connection? I am well aware that each service and line could vary a > > bit, but just an approximate time, please. > > I get about 500 to 550 MB's/hour from decent sites with a > 1.5Megabit adsl line (~150K/sec). DSL connections also vary quite a > bit, from half my speed to almost twice as fast. The mirror you use, > and how many 'stalls' (mirror server pauses) you encounter are gonna > be as big a factor as the speed of your connection. I guesstimated > that the stalls added about 10 mins. to each iso I recently d/l'd (3 > x 650mb). Best way to minimize stalls is to use a d/l manager like > d4x and d/l all the iso's simultaneously. Unfortunately all the iso's > I recently d/l weren't on the mirror yet, so I had to get 'em one at > a time as they appeared. Worst way is to use a browser to d/l.
You should get about 1.5 hours per iso at 150KB/s. Adjust accordingly depending on the speed you get from your mirror. The third iso is actually only about 450MB, so that should only take about an hour. -- Greg
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