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Posted by Brian Cryer on 11/24/06 10:35
"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:doraymeRidThis-C243AC.08010224112006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> In article <nLadnTAU98789vjYRVnyiw@pipex.net>,
> "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:doraymeRidThis-B84221.08325923112006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
>> > In article <ncidnXRQXoCxHfnYnZ2dnUVZ8tSdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
>> > "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Given your comment (other thread) that you are on dial-up, this is
>> >> probably
>> >> too big. If you can't get it on a cover magazine, drop me an email and
>> >> if
>> >> you cover the cost I'll copy it to cd and pop it in the post.
>> >
>> > Depends on the dial up. On the one I had - actually I keep it on
>> > and use it for the occasional forays on my Windows box because I
>> > am not sure how how to connect it to my broadband router and for
>> > other reasons - you could reliably download almost any amount.
>> > You just do it and piss off for a few hours. You have to sleep,
>> > so that is a good time.
>>
>> You clearly have a good and reliable dial-up. When I was on dial up at
>> home
>> (which likewise I still use occasionally for various reasons) I did find
>> it
>> generally reliable, although I do recall a time when someone had sent me
>> a
>> 4MB file to my inbox and the line kept on dropping out while I was
>> downloading it
>
> All bets are off as far as email is concerned!
>
>
>>- plus I only had a 28.8kbps modem at the time. Very
>> frustrating. The biggest problem I had with dial-up was that it blocked
>> up
>> the phone, and that was the reason I switched to broadband.
>>
>> Even with a reliable dial-up, to download a 46.2MB file over a 56kbps
>> connection (on paper) would take at least a two and a half days. I
>> suppose
>> set it going and then go away for the weekend!
>
> No, these figures are not at all in my experience... nothing
> like!
Sorry, you are quite right. I rechecked my figures and somewhere I'd
introduced a factor of 10. So 46.2MB on paper should take 2.4hours, no where
near as bad as I'd said.
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