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Derek Martin said on 4/10/2004 2:22 AM: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 12:19:58AM -0400, Drew Taylor wrote: > >>I'm downloading the Fedora ISO images right now. Thank goodness for >>Comcast's upgrade. The first disc maxed out at 345KB/sec, and the other >>two are simultaneous at 140KB/sec. :-) Thanks for the advice. Sometimes >>you just need a kick in the pants to get things done. > > > I keep meaning to grab these, myself. SK's broadband connections have > really fantastic bandwidth in both directions... I often see transfer > rates of around 500KB/s. Who is SK? Is that at work or home? I'd love that much bandwidth! > I downloaded the bit torrent client a few > weeks ago, expressly for that purpose, but I haven't gotten around to > setting it up and getting the files... Sigh. > > Are you using the torrent, or have you found fast mirror sites? I was using the mirror sites. Disc 1 came from rpmfind.net. Discs 2-3 came from hiwaay.net. After Disc 1 I couldn't get a single connection to max out the cable modem, so I just downloaded them concurrently and pegged it that way. :-) Drew -- --------------------------------------------------------- Drew Taylor * Web app development & consulting drew at drewtaylor.com * Site implementation & hosting www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres ---------------------------------------------------------
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