Downloading phenomonan
steve the gaming guy
08 Jul 2006, 11:53I am totally amazed at this for some reason. I decided to download the Age of Empires III demo this morning (right now in the US) from here.
It's a 426MB download which would normally take like an hour or so if you're downloading around 50KB per second. I was downloading and looking on the Axe forums when I looked down to see that I had already downloaded 50%. When I looked at the download window, it showed I'm downloading at 770KB per second!!!!!
Maybe I'm easily amazed. Has anyone ever downloaded something that fast before?
Oh, time to end my post, I just downloaded the remaining 30% or so that was left while I was typing this post!
It's a 426MB download which would normally take like an hour or so if you're downloading around 50KB per second. I was downloading and looking on the Axe forums when I looked down to see that I had already downloaded 50%. When I looked at the download window, it showed I'm downloading at 770KB per second!!!!!
Maybe I'm easily amazed. Has anyone ever downloaded something that fast before?
Oh, time to end my post, I just downloaded the remaining 30% or so that was left while I was typing this post!
Cryophile
08 Jul 2006, 14:03I regulariy download at 900 kb/s, but I have a 7 MBps / 1 MBps line (down/up).
steve the gaming guy
08 Jul 2006, 15:44You are a lucky fellow. I think I'm on a 3 MBps line at the moment.
paul_one
08 Jul 2006, 23:33Damn yanks and their cable access!
I'm topped at 100-110K, although I'll try and up-the-ante soon enough to 400-ish (maybe.... if BT don't screw me over).
I'm topped at 100-110K, although I'll try and up-the-ante soon enough to 400-ish (maybe.... if BT don't screw me over).
Alex
08 Jul 2006, 23:50I can get about 760K/sec on that file from here. My ISP claims "up to 24mb" connections but in reality it tends to connect at about 7mb. Which is plenty fast enough though, to be honest...
CheerleaderChick
09 Jul 2006, 02:19everyone has cable or dsl. screaming downloads.
d'oh. get with the times.
hahahahahahahaha
d'oh. get with the times.
hahahahahahahaha
witch wyzwurd
09 Jul 2006, 11:53Ha, ha ha! You're all so inferior. Not to brag, but a little boast is in order. Yep! Can't say enough about myself or think about it. My fastest downloads clock in at about 20Kbps. You read it right... 20Kbps!! That's a 2 followed by a 0! And I'm even lucky enough if my computer doesn't freeze before a download finishes. So while y'all are trying to figure out what to do with that extra 20 or so minutes you've gained by downloading at a quicker pace than me, I'm forced to use that time to stare at my computer and wait it out. At least my day is set.
Batch Kb: ad. lg.; rom. cy...
The code runs parallel with time... hint. hint.
Don't cut down the Tree of Knowledge with the Sword of Stupidity,
-Witch
Batch Kb: ad. lg.; rom. cy...
The code runs parallel with time... hint. hint.
Don't cut down the Tree of Knowledge with the Sword of Stupidity,
-Witch
CheerleaderChick
11 Jul 2006, 01:42witch wyzwurd wrote:Don't cut down the Tree of Knowledge with the Sword of Stupidity,
-Witch
that seems pretty smart. i like mr. witch wyzurd.
witch wyzwurd
11 Jul 2006, 10:31Thanks CC.
By the way, I never felt insulted you thought I was a woman. Women are an integral part to the continuation and development of the Human creature. To possess the aptitude of pregnancy and be placed with the responsibility of a womb is admirable; although, I can say that not all women are admirable. Moreover, some of the less desirable ones still believe that they should be brought free drinks for no particular reason at all; and those same ones might assert that "men have egos." And I still can't figure out how some women have 3 children by 4 different men? Anyways, thanks again.
-W.W.
By the way, I never felt insulted you thought I was a woman. Women are an integral part to the continuation and development of the Human creature. To possess the aptitude of pregnancy and be placed with the responsibility of a womb is admirable; although, I can say that not all women are admirable. Moreover, some of the less desirable ones still believe that they should be brought free drinks for no particular reason at all; and those same ones might assert that "men have egos." And I still can't figure out how some women have 3 children by 4 different men? Anyways, thanks again.
-W.W.
CheerleaderChick
12 Jul 2006, 02:52you are such a sweetie WW! now i do like youuuuuu!