Hi Bill, I have a standard cable modem and it took a *long* time to do the file transfer--about 11 hours. Patience is a virtue??? *grin* I have had downloads at 110 k/s At 01:09 PM 8/25/02 -0400, you wrote: >At 12:22 AM -0600 8/25/02, Don wrote: >>Both sizes of files are commonly transferred at winmx. The largest one I >>have downloaded was 690 megs. 4.6 megs is usually with the 6 meg limit of >>most isp email boxes--so long as you have it cleared out regularly. I agree >>that 41.6 megs would "try" most email systems however. The 41.6 meg file >>coud also be transfered at icq or at the #pianotech chat line on Starlink. > >The largest file I ever downloaded is 32.9 (the Quicktime trailer for >the movie, "The Others"). I have a DSL connection, and the fastest >download time I ever noticed was 74k/sec. With a 56K modem and a >dial-up connect the best I ever saw was 48k. The download time would >run 7:24 at best, 11:26 at best with the 56K modem. > >What's your connection, and how fast could it bring done a 690MB >file? (I want one....) > >Bill Ballard RPT >NH Chapter, P.T.G. > >"Woh" > ...........Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" >+++++++++++++++++++++ > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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