I have a broadband connection, fiber-to-the-home, 25 Mbps DL and UL.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015, at 08:41 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:39 04/09/2015 -0400, you wrote: > >I tried to download the LibreOffice 211 MB installation file > >numerous times and it stalls around 66 mb. I think there is a > >problem with my ISP. I have broadband connection. I connected my > >Windows 7 laptop to the ISP box on the outside of my house so I > >could bypass my house wiring and router and still it stalls. I can > >download it with the same laptop when connected to the website > >through a Verizon Wireless MIFI. > > Er, if you have already downloaded the file you need by this method > to the same system, haven't you achieved what you need? You don't > need more than one copy of the installation file. > > >Could it be because it is an .msi file ... > > Unlikely. > > >... or because you are located in Germany? > > Also unlikely. > > >I am struggling for an answer. > > o You could download the file somewhere with a faster network > connection (at work? at a friend's? at an internet cafe? in a > library?), either to the same system or perhaps to another and then > copy it to a flash drive or CD for transfer to your system. (Do make > sure that you get the version for your system - not necessarily the > version for the system to which you are downloading.) > > o (Better!) Use a download manager. When I had a dial-up connection, > I used Free Download Manager ( http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ ). > This will allow you to download in the background and - crucially - > will pick up where it left off if the download is interrupted for any > reason. After a few sessions you will get the complete file. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker - privately > -- Check out Startmail, a fully encrypted, private, easy-to-use browser based email service, at www.startmail.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
