[ale] large file downloads & Comcas

[KingBahamut]

Let us/we/me know how that install goes. Ive yet to install 6.06.x on a PPC
yet.
=)


On 10/4/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:56 -0400, timothy at meanor.net wrote:
> > Here's what I was having trouble downloading:
> >
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso
>
> I'm d/l'ing it right now, over comcast, during the busiest time of the
> day.  Hopefully some other comcast users can d/l it to so that we can
> see what happens.
>
> -Jim P.
>
>
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > >On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 14:05 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > >> That's Comcast!  I have the same problem.  It is not your equipment.
> > >> It's why I'm switching.
> > >
> > >:-)  I have comcast and I don't have any problem with DVD images or
> > >other very large files.   I don't doubt that the problem exists for
> > >others, but blaming comcast as a whole is a bit dubious, IMHO.
> > >
> > >Do you and others see the exact same problem (such as file xyx from
> site
> > >abc always fails), similar problems (every file over size 123 fails),
> or
> > >just random files.  Can someone give me a URL of a file that they can't
> > >d/l over comcast so that all comcast users can verify it is a comcast
> > >problem and not an isolated issue.
> > >
> > >-Jim P.
> > >
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