Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:05:18 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com> Cc: Aaron Hill <hillaa@hotmail.com>, gferris@mail.unam.na, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Order Message-ID: <3A9AFD4E.929E65BA@urx.com> References: <F136o9xlKYb2SonjhK30000927a@hotmail.com> <017a01c0a01c$9b515120$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> <3A9AD224.D60C84B6@urx.com> <023d01c0a053$235b7560$fe00a8c0@kat.lan>
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Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > Kent, > > In Australia our major telco classes an average line as one that can do > 9600bps a good one can do 28800 bps. > > The law only tells them to make a line work at 9600bps anything better is > great for us :o( Ouch, that would be painful. The law over here limits the 56kb modems to 53kb but you can get 53kb connections. I can relate to the ADSL being a vast improvement. For example, I've downloaded a couple of test CD's from Microsoft twice in one week. That amounted to 1GB over the week. The FreeBSD iso's were larger and downloaded much faster and I only had to grab it once. Your horizon of what is possible changes drastically :). Kent > > Kathy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> > To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com> > Cc: "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com>; <gferris@mail.unam.na>; > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:01 AM > Subject: Re: Order > > > > > > > Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > > > > > > Gail, > > > > > > > > It is possible to source both the FreeBSD CD and manual free from the > > > > Internet but depending on your local available bandwidth and skill > > > level(s) > > > > you may find it more convenient to buy these items. > > > > > > I found that even with a 56Kbps line and getting frequent > disconnection's, > > > that I was able to download it in just over 80 hours :o) (Count down > till > > > ASDL available in my area and it is not coming soon enough) > > > > You chose a bad mirror and ADSL doesn't help then. I picked one of the > > university mirror's over Thanskgiving and downloaded the iso in 2+ > > hours but needed 8 or more from a busy site. I was seeing 20KB/s more > > or less (frequently less) from ftp.freebsd.org and was seeing around > > 90KB/s from Purdue. I think all of the students had gone home for > > Thanksgiving. BTW, I thought 40 hours was terrible on a 56kb modem. > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Kathy Quinlan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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