How Long Does It Take You To Download A 700mb File [Archive]

kazaaman

10-25-2003, 04:46 PM

I have 56k :( :( and i use kazaa lite of course and i download some movies so i have to WAIT a long time.

It usually takes me 26 hours to download a 700mb movie if its going at least 5kb per second.

HOw fast does it go for other connections like dsl, cable t1, and t3 and so on......

abu_has_the_power

10-25-2003, 04:57 PM

something up with my cable. it's not supposed to be this fast, but i get 2.4mb/s surf and 500kb/s dl speed. and this is just regular comcast cable. anyways, on klite, a movie with decent # of sources takes about 1.5 hrs... at 250kb/s... but most of the time it's 1hr, cuz it goes up to 300 a lot

Jayhawk

10-25-2003, 07:30 PM

it also depends on the person you are d/l from so even if you have a faster connection it still could take a long time if they have a slow connection or if they are limiting their upload speed. and stuff like that

djweiser

10-25-2003, 08:16 PM

i have freeserve broadband. takes me a few hours.

3rd gen noob

10-25-2003, 08:20 PM

approx 3 and a half hours on newsgroups (512k adsl)

ultimatejester

10-25-2003, 08:20 PM

I am on a 3mb connection. It takes me about 1 hour to download a 700mb file on bittorrent and around 90 mins on Kazaa Lite

ZaZu

10-25-2003, 10:12 PM

I have 1.5Mbs dl takes about 2 - 3hrs ;)

at an average of 120 - 180 kbs :)

Wizzandabe

10-25-2003, 11:15 PM

3hours MAX. :P

Jay

10-26-2003, 09:17 AM

2-4 hours almost on all movies with good soarces

Desert Eagle

10-26-2003, 10:10 AM

It takes me about 2 to 3 hours to download 700mb.

Wizzandabe

10-26-2003, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Desert Eagle@26 October 2003 - 10:10
It takes me about 2 to 3 hours to download 700mb.
2hours, wow, what speed is that?

james_bond_rulez

10-26-2003, 04:15 PM

i always get full speed on bittorrent 150kB/s so 700MB would take about (1024KB/150KB/s=6.83 seconds*700=4779seconds=80 mins or 1 hour and 20 mins) :lol:

cosmic doobie

10-26-2003, 04:22 PM

So all in all the advice here is get a Faster Connection :D

Also about 60-90 minutes downlodding

Wizzandabe

10-26-2003, 04:25 PM

Wooh, I get 57kb/s on BT, and same on K-Lite. :P
Slow or what!

Clint mathis

10-26-2003, 07:00 PM

I'm on a 512kb/s cable connection and if i'm downloading off someone good i usually get speeds of 90 - 100 kb/s - about 2 hours

If you want to speed your downloads up you could change the setting in the firewall from whatever it is to 32656 as shown here --- I know the number in the picture ids wrong it is 32656

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/Pic%20for%20kazaa1.gif

Gre1

10-26-2003, 07:01 PM

Takes me about 3hrs or less.

Cain0xr

10-27-2003, 12:24 AM

Holy cow!!! you are a bunch of lucky people! :D

It takes me about 2-3 days on my measly 4k connection :(

It's India actually, any speed above 10k is considered luxury and expensive :(

|Cain|

Wizzandabe

10-27-2003, 12:26 AM

Iv just dled 0.99GB in 4 hours. Not bad.

Benno

10-27-2003, 12:34 AM

it takes me about 6 - 8 hours on a 256 adsl connection.

But im lucky that i dont have a 3mb connection if i would need only about 2 hours for a movie i would download way to much. :blink:

Wizzandabe

10-27-2003, 12:41 AM

Yeah, same here, and then get in shit.
Thats the only reason why I dont want to upgrade. :P

joe1234567890

10-27-2003, 12:49 AM

It takes me forever to dl a file that size. I use cable connection and with plenty of users and still slow.

twisterX

10-27-2003, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by kazaaman@25 October 2003 - 16:46
I have 56k :( :( and i use kazaa lite of course and i download some movies so i have to WAIT a long time.

It usually takes me 26 hours to download a 700mb movie if its going at least 5kb per second.

HOw fast does it go for other connections like dsl, cable t1, and t3 and so on......
same here

twisterX

10-27-2003, 01:12 AM

weejack

10-27-2003, 01:17 AM

I have a 512 broadband connection but I still only get download speeds of 1-12 k per sec....What am I doing wrong.......I have changed the number in the firewall to 32656 as described in the last few replies but to no avail.....A 700mb download would take me days in some cases ....

splithead04

10-27-2003, 04:38 AM

i use comcast pro, it can take anywhere from 45 mins. to 2 hours! if its got good sources!

jfm

10-27-2003, 05:22 AM

Wow! Iv'e got telewest cable, but no one ever uploading from me seems to have any speed?

Likewise downloading!

Where are all the speed demons?

jfm

10-27-2003, 05:27 AM

Originally posted by weejack@27 October 2003 - 01:17
I have a 512 broadband connection but I still only get download speeds of 1-12 k per sec....What am I doing wrong.......I have changed the number in the firewall to 32656 as described in the last few replies but to no avail.....A 700mb download would take me days in some cases ....
Oh, and weejack, we have the same connection, don't bother changing ports etc, they have no affect on incoming speeds

jfm

10-27-2003, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by Clint mathis@26 October 2003 - 19:00
I'm on a 512kb/s cable connection and if i'm downloading off someone good i usually get speeds of 90 - 100 kb/s - about 2 hours

If you want to speed your downloads up you could change the setting in the firewall from whatever it is to 32656 as shown here --- I know the number in the picture ids wrong it is 32656

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/Pic%20for%20kazaa1.gif
Once and for all

Stop giving pointless advice. How is changing your port going to speed up your incoming?

infamousalbo101

10-27-2003, 05:56 AM

15 minutes

Rip The Jacker

10-27-2003, 06:11 AM

I hate dial-up.... :(

Takes me.... oh who the hell knows, maybe days! I have dail-up, with ONE phone number. If someone wants to use the phone, I gotta get off. You guys are all sooo lucky....

sosseres

10-27-2003, 10:09 PM

700mb... counting in the time I am offline I would mostly say a week or so. counting only active time, ahh 40h+. I never get any speeds at all on kazaa, getting over 10 kb/s is good, even though max is somehwere around 30 times that, if I am lucky I see the max speed once a year ;)

darkmind

10-27-2003, 10:14 PM

50-100hrs
i got 56k
currently downloading 2.8GB
already finished 2.5GB
total 5.3GB
legit files *cough cough*

Ariel_001

10-28-2003, 01:38 AM

it takes 25 min at my school with lots of users

callad

10-28-2003, 04:30 AM

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@25 October 2003 - 17:57
something up with my cable. it's not supposed to be this fast, but i get 2.4mb/s surf and 500kb/s dl speed. and this is just regular comcast cable. anyways, on klite, a movie with decent # of sources takes about 1.5 hrs... at 250kb/s... but most of the time it's 1hr, cuz it goes up to 300 a lot
Actually you may very well have a 3MB connection. Comcast is planing
/ working on upgrading everyone to 3MB down. Same crappy upload
speed though...
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,828...mcast~mode=flat (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8280108~root=comcast~mode=flat)

Amarjit

10-28-2003, 12:25 PM

When using KL? God knows.

When using Shareaza, via BitTorrent/eD2K, around 2 hours. Using DDL, under an hour.

Aimless6

10-28-2003, 12:37 PM

From a good ftp: 1 hour
From KaZaA: 1 week - 1 month

Schuler

10-29-2003, 03:55 AM

Originally posted by infamousalbo101@27 October 2003 - 06:56
15 minutes
where do you download from o_O

EDIT: A bit over an hour at home makes sense to me all depending on connections. I'll max out on BT at around 450kbs sometimes though..that gives quick DLs :D