Maintenance Watch

[Raist]

Some of you with the slow downloads may want to restart the process to see if it speeds up for you. I started the laptop and it was only getting around .6MB/s (about 4Mbits/sec)... realized I wanted to tool around the web on it for a while, so I stopped that and kicked it off on the PC---BAM! 1.8MB/sec right off the bat (around 15Mbits/sec). It eventually capped out right at 16Mb/sec (1.91MBytes/sec on their progress bar) and held there until it finished. Took about 40 minutes I think.

[NuadaAkali]

Some of you with the slow downloads may want to restart the process to see if it speeds up for you. I started the laptop and it was only getting around .6MB/s (about 4Mbits/sec)... realized I wanted to tool around the web on it for a while, so I stopped that and kicked it off on the PC---BAM! 1.8MB/sec right off the bat (around 15Mbits/sec). It eventually capped out right at 16Mb/sec (1.91MBytes/sec on their progress bar) and held there until it finished. Took about 40 minutes I think.

Take into account that this also restarts your download. I've also restarted the process several times and it's been a no-go on speeding up. Plus, I just ran my connection speed on Ookla, and i'm getting a very speedy 0.53 Mbps (most likely contributed to the fact that i'm downloading it at the time I ran it)

[Raist]

Take into account that this also restarts your download. I've also restarted the process several times and it's been a no-go on speeding up. Plus, I just ran my connection speed on Ookla, and i'm getting a very speedy 0.53 Mbps (most likely contributed to the fact that i'm downloading it at the time I ran it)

eh... as always, mileage may vary. Just kicked it off for the laptop again, and it started at 1.43MB/sec... more than double the speed it was about 40 minutes ago. Estimated time then was right at 1.5 hrs, now it's saying about 45 minutes. And that's with my Roku streaming a channel ATM too, so a portion of my pipe is consumed streaming a movie. In the end it's taking about the same time frame as if I had just kept it going I guess, but I was able to tool around on my laptop for about a half-hour while it downloaded to the PC at near full bandwidth and if not for using my Roku right now, the lappy could probably be doing the same and it would have saved me time.

It almost always does that for me though... even with FFXI. Get a crappy speed, cancel, wait a few minutes and restart and it usually gets a better stream going and cuts my time considerably. Guess it's just luck of the draw as to whether you hit a busy cluster or not... so far, it's worked to my benefit most the time.

[NuadaAkali]

eh... as always, mileage may vary. Just kicked it off for the laptop again, and it started at 1.43MB/sec... more than double the speed it was about 40 minutes ago. Estimated time then was right at 1.5 hrs, now it's saying about 45 minutes. And that's with my Roku streaming a channel ATM too, so a portion of my pipe is consumed streaming a movie. In the end it's taking about the same time frame as if I had just kept it going I guess, but I was able to tool around on my laptop for about a half-hour while it downloaded to the PC at near full bandwidth and if not for using my Roku right now, the lappy could probably be doing the same and it would have saved me time.

It almost always does that for me though... even with FFXI. Get a crappy speed, cancel, wait a few minutes and restart and it usually gets a better stream going and cuts my time considerably. Guess it's just luck of the draw as to whether you hit a busy cluster or not... so far, it's worked to my benefit most the time.

Well, i'm in a good spot as any really. My work shift consists of me working from 4pm-1am, so I can basically let things sit and download and they'll be done when I get home. And I usually only sleep about 4-5 hours anyway, it's just how my body works. Gaming all morning, erry morning!

[Nabian]

Thank you all for the posts. Has been very informative.

[NuadaAkali]

Starting to get a bit sleepy. It's kinda hard to keep up with this when you're not doing a whole lot towards the end of the day. It's a pity, I wanted to play some ARR today since it's been my first day off in 6 days.

[Nabian]

yea...as i said earlier I have a 10 hour drive tomorrow to go visit family for 10 days. Just so happens that my brother and his girlfriend will also be there. Not to mention my mom likes to stream her "shows" on the computer. So 5 people splitting a mediocre internet connection means I probably won't get to really enjoy the new patch until I get back. So I really really really want to play some tonight.