Quote Originally Posted by Raist View Post
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!