Is the Internet getting faster?

General Discussion
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This never used to happen … is it that people have stopped putting limits on download speeds, or is the Internet as a whole just getting [a lot] faster?

# wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso --2010-08-13 16:33:51-- http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso Resolving releases.ubuntu.com... 91.189.88.32 Connecting to releases.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.32|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 724353024 (691M) [application/x-iso9660-image] Saving to: `ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'

100%[======================================>] 724,353,024 58.4M/s in 14s

2010-08-13 16:34:06 (48.0 MB/s) - `ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso’ saved [724353024/724353024]

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And I though 2.2MB/s (20mbps) was fast :frowning:

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What kind of connection do you have?.. and does the ISO work?

Can’t say I’ve ever noticed Linux do this but, Windows is well known for dropping a download, but reporting the file as its full size… probably a file system thing though.

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Yeah wow, I want your connection :o

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What kind of connection do you have?.. and does the ISO work?

I’m not sure … it was a 1Gbit fibre into Telehouse North bit I’m pretty sure the 2x1 upgrade has gone through, but I don’t know if the 10G is live yet.

Does it work, you logged into the resulting installation a few hours ago - you tell me ! :wink:

Anyone want some really quick hosting … :wink:

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I guess that’s a yes then :slight_smile: … in which case WOW!!! … if only the whole interweb was like that :wink: