Downloads (was: May the 4ths be with you)

[Don]

Hi Bill,

I have a standard cable modem and it took a *long* time to do the file
transfer--about 11 hours. Patience is a virtue??? *grin* I have had
downloads at 110 k/s

At 01:09 PM 8/25/02 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:22 AM -0600 8/25/02, Don wrote:
>>Both sizes of files are commonly transferred at winmx. The largest one I
>>have downloaded was 690 megs. 4.6 megs is usually with the 6 meg limit of
>>most isp email boxes--so long as you have it cleared out regularly. I agree
>>that 41.6 megs would "try" most email systems however. The 41.6 meg file
>>coud also be transfered at icq or at the #pianotech chat line on Starlink.
>
>The largest file I ever downloaded is 32.9 (the Quicktime trailer for 
>the movie, "The Others"). I have a DSL connection, and the fastest 
>download time I ever noticed was 74k/sec. With a 56K modem and a 
>dial-up connect the best I ever saw was 48k. The download time would 
>run 7:24 at best, 11:26 at best with the 56K modem.
>
>What's your connection, and how fast could it bring done a 690MB 
>file? (I want one....)
>
>Bill Ballard RPT
>NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
>"Woh"
>     ...........Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix"
>+++++++++++++++++++++
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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