PanzerLeader Posted November 15, 1999 Share Posted November 15, 1999 Just curious, how much time did it take you guys to download the demo? I managed it in 2 hours, and watched a film during the time of the download(it was the only way to get my mind off it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted November 15, 1999 Share Posted November 15, 1999 Well I don't mean to brag.....(ahem) But with my cable modem it took juuusstt about 3 minutes! Of course that was during a busy time of night! Hehehehehe I have seen d/loads of over 300kb/sec Thats KiloBYTE not bit, for example a good modem connection (56k) will d/load at 5-6KB!!!!!! 60 times faster, yeah thats ok by me! Madmatt, fast and built to stay that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuNZ Posted November 15, 1999 Share Posted November 15, 1999 Lucky for some 33k modem here, only took me somewhere round three hours to download it. Ah well, well worth the pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phoenix Posted November 16, 1999 Share Posted November 16, 1999 Ah the joys of ADSL at home. Downloaded in a matter of minutes. I must say, if you are a web nut or love online gaming you simply must get a cable modem or xDSL if available in your area. I routinly try out new demos that are 30+ meg in size. Takes a few minutes to download. Gotta love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerLeader Posted November 16, 1999 Author Share Posted November 16, 1999 StuNZ, Was that the pain of receiving your new phone bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted November 17, 1999 Share Posted November 17, 1999 If ever I need to download a BIG file, I'll just pull it at work and beg one of the tech support people to burn it onto a CD. The joys of T1... DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted November 17, 1999 Share Posted November 17, 1999 Hehehe yup the joys of working in the world of IT. Got a dedicated T3 at work for support (we run the largest Novell tree in the World!) plugged into my desktop with a 100megabit Ethernet card and then come home to my cable modem! Ahhh life is tooo rough! Madmatt out and enjoying his FAT PIPE TO DA NET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Captain Foobar Posted November 17, 1999 Share Posted November 17, 1999 I can't believe that people still have to download over 2 hour periods... Since I got my cable modem, I have been getting mad at my microwave for taking 2 minutes on my popcorn!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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