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From: "Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Download time for open office
2008/5/6 web at work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Subject: [users] Download time for open office
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> Could you please tell me how big the Open Office download is. I have
> been
> downloading 5 hours on dial up!
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> Thanks
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> David Morgan
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David, how fast is your Internet Connection?
To find out, if you do not know, go to this site.
http://www.speedtest.net/
Also when you download the file you should see the numbers.
Many times it is slower than your max speed, due to the
speed of the server and the number of people downloading
at the same time.
The total for the file is about 130 meg.
If your speed is 56K then lets do the math.
56k = 0.056 m/sec though it could be faster line 128k = 0.128
m/sec
130 meg / 0.056 = 2322 seconds (rounded up)
2322 sec = 38.7 minutes.
Errrm. Am I losing it or is this off by a factor of about 8 (more
actually)?
OOOPs - well I tried. So the modem was in bits and the file is always
in bytes. My brain OOPs-ed
But my test downloads were correct - right from the download list in
Firefox.
Mine is XP Pro (32 bit) on an AMD Athlon 62
using RoadRunner Broadband Cable Modem - up to 5 meg speed
Please try the speed test at various locations they offer. It may help
check how well your modem system is working
The 56K [modem] speed is in *bits* per second. The 130meg file size is in
*bytes*. The "more actually" comes from the fact that more than the file
(packet headers & trailers etc.) is transmitted.
The download-time calculator at http://billbrownmusic.com/calc.htm gives
just under 5hrs 25 mins for a 130MB file at 56Kb lline connection which is
very close to 8 times your result.
Oh, and by the way, the OP is unsubscribed and you didn't include his
e-mail
address in your reply ...
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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