11-17-2004
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Just testing
take about 4 mins+ -- Westcountryman (John) Website :- http://www.jwimpenny.freeserve.co.uk AT LAST I'M WHOOSHING!!!! |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
> Downloading on BB with N Vidia Driver for Graphics update 12 megs will > take about 4 mins+ Those day-long service pack downloads won't seem as daunting anymore now.  -- "Shut up Eccles!" R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1 |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:56:30 GMT, Westcountryman wrote: > >> Downloading on BB with N Vidia Driver for Graphics update 12 megs will >> take about 4 mins+ > > Those day-long service pack downloads won't seem as daunting anymore now. > No much better if that 12 meg driver download was anything to go by. -- Westcountryman (John) Website :- http://www.jwimpenny.freeserve.co.uk AT LAST I'M WHOOSHING!!!! |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
Westcountryman blurted on Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:56:30 GMT:
> Downloading on BB with N Vidia Driver for Graphics update 12 megs will > take about 4 mins+ Should have been quicker than that unless the site is slow on 1MB... -- Men are just the happiest people Because Wrinkles add character. |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
*Ron S* formulated on Wednesday :
>> Downloading on BB with N Vidia Driver for Graphics update 12 megs will >> take about 4 mins+ > > Should have been quicker than that unless the site is slow on 1MB... It doesn't say what speed broadband will take 4 minutes... perhaps that was 512Kbps broadband. -- Gareth... ( email address invalid ) ......... O-\O Birthdays: http://www.jechson.fsnet.co.uk/refugees.htm Picture/Photo Sites: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterers2/ & http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterrefugeespics |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
Gareth blurted on Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:46:42 GMT:
>> Should have been quicker than that unless the site is slow on 1MB... > > It doesn't say what speed broadband will take 4 minutes... perhaps that > was 512Kbps broadband. Maximum would be about 7MB a minute on 1MB I think...so would expect around 5 and half 6MB at least unless the site is a slow, and there are some...but Ron might have got his sums wrong he often does :-) -- I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains. *Anne Frank* |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
Ron S blurted on Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:51:10 +0000:
>>> Should have been quicker than that unless the site is slow on 1MB... >> >> It doesn't say what speed broadband will take 4 minutes... perhaps that >> was 512Kbps broadband. > > Maximum would be about 7MB a minute on 1MB I think...so would expect around > 5 and half 6MB at least unless the site is a slow, and there are some...but > Ron might have got his sums wrong he often does :-) Oops...see where yer coming from now...I thought John had been told 4mins when he started the d/l... -- He's a bit of a hero, really. Canoeist Graham Cook, on John Prescott |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
*Ron S* was thinking very hard :
>> It doesn't say what speed broadband will take 4 minutes... perhaps that >> was 512Kbps broadband. > > Maximum would be about 7MB a minute on 1MB I think...so would expect around > 5 and half 6MB at least unless the site is a slow, and there are some...but > Ron might have got his sums wrong he often does :-) Ooops! I went the wrong way, perhaps they were quoting what it would be on a 2Mb connection. :-) -- Gareth... ( email address invalid ) ......... O-\O Birthdays: http://www.jechson.fsnet.co.uk/refugees.htm Picture/Photo Sites: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterers2/ & http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterrefugeespics |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
Gareth blurted on Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:55:52 GMT:
>>> It doesn't say what speed broadband will take 4 minutes... perhaps that >>> was 512Kbps broadband. >> >> Maximum would be about 7MB a minute on 1MB I think...so would expect around >> 5 and half 6MB at least unless the site is a slow, and there are some...but >> Ron might have got his sums wrong he often does :-) > > Ooops! I went the wrong way, perhaps they were quoting what it would be > on a 2Mb connection. :-) Oh...is OK...Ron misunderstood any way...but I knew what you meant when I fell in :-) -- They can because they think they can. *Virgil* |
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11-17-2004
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Re: Just testing
*Ron S* was thinking very hard :
> Oh...is OK...Ron misunderstood any way...but I knew what you meant when I > fell in :-) They should have said something like... "Depending upon your connection speed, downloading on BB with N Vidia Driver for Graphics update 12 megs will take anything between about 4 - 8 minutes." ....or something like that! -- Gareth... ( email address invalid ) ......... O-\O Birthdays: http://www.jechson.fsnet.co.uk/refugees.htm Picture/Photo Sites: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterers2/ & http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chatterrefugeespics |
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