microsoft download link whats your speed?

Chrysalis · 21-09-2005, 17:51

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo..._aero_2005.wmv

downloading this video last 3 hours and currently at 10kB thinking ms getting pounded then gave the link to my friend who isnt on ntl and he gets 240kb taking the **** out of me.

what speeds do you guys get please.
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automated proxy 25kB
colc 2 5kB
nott 6 11kB
colc 6 240kB - which im on now

not very consistent

smicer07 · 21-09-2005, 17:55

240 here, on NTL

dilli-theclaw · 21-09-2005, 17:57

253k/s - That's on my automated proxy.

But then I've never had any problems downloading from microsoft.

21-09-2005, 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo..._aero_2005.wmv

downloading this video last 3 hours and currently at 10kB thinking ms getting pounded then gave the link to my friend who isnt on ntl and he gets 240kb taking the **** out of me.

what speeds do you guys get please.
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automated proxy 25kB
colc 2 5kB
nott 6 11kB
colc 6 240kB - which im on now

not very consistent

303kB here in warrington

marky · 21-09-2005, 18:15

Dunno but it was 10% in about a min, and playing on media player

IanUK · 21-09-2005, 18:20

12k here on Poplar

330k on AOL TCP/IP

bopdude · 21-09-2005, 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo..._aero_2005.wmv

downloading this video last 3 hours and currently at 10kB thinking ms getting pounded then gave the link to my friend who isnt on ntl and he gets 240kb taking the **** out of me.

what speeds do you guys get please.
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automated proxy 25kB
colc 2 5kB
nott 6 11kB
colc 6 240kB - which im on now

not very consistent

A steady 240 KB/ s here, NTL 2MB service in the Teesside area, sure you've got nothing interferring

Neil · 21-09-2005, 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo..._aero_2005.wmv

downloading this video last 3 hours and currently at 10kB thinking ms getting pounded then gave the link to my friend who isnt on ntl and he gets 240kb taking the **** out of me.

what speeds do you guys get please.
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automated proxy 25kB
colc 2 5kB
nott 6 11kB
colc 6 240kB - which im on now

not very consistent

Proxies don't affect download speeds from memory.

Chrysalis · 21-09-2005, 18:32

ok thanks guys, no my connection was otherwise idle.

neil the download goes through the proxy so it can affect speeds, as I got an instant speed increase when changing to colc-6.

patrickp · 21-09-2005, 20:58

Surprise, surprise! Tried downloading the link, got just over 10K, using Firefox. Then I noticed Bill C's screenshot and noticed he was using IE. Opened IE and tried it.

You've guessed already, haven't you? 240+K...

Hom3r · 21-09-2005, 22:20

I got 11.2KB and falling
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What is the video of?

Chrysalis · 21-09-2005, 22:31

I tried in ie but it loaded wmp I will try it again when I can do save as.

But I am fairly sure in my case was hitting bad proxies since I was able to get the fast speed in the same browser different proxy.
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the video is of a dev talking about the new windows vista desktop.

tweetiepooh · 23-09-2005, 14:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickp

Surprise, surprise! Tried downloading the link, got just over 10K, using Firefox. Then I noticed Bill C's screenshot and noticed he was using IE. Opened IE and tried it.

You've guessed already, haven't you? 240+K...

Yeh, but then it's in the proxy-cache so would be faster.

I usually get 360kB for downloads but I have seen it drop to 220kB.

Hom3r · 23-09-2005, 17:22

I change my proxy and it jumped to the 250s

patrickp · 23-09-2005, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

Yeh, but then it's in the proxy-cache so would be faster.

I usually get 360kB for downloads but I have seen it drop to 220kB.

Not on a proxy. Nor was it in my own cache, because I let the IE download get much farther than the FF one had got, and it was still as fast.