Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3.4.3 released. Stable and functionality combined

On 09/01/2011 10:32 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Wow!  I thought the dial-up speeds were around 40 kBytes per second i didn't
> realise it was only bits!  Although bytes were smaller back then when dial-up
> was the main way that people used to connect.  There is a great sound-file about
> halfway down this page btw
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access
> Fairly reminiscent of the sound of a ZX Spectrum loading something from tape.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dave Sergeant<dave@davesergeant.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Thu, 1 September, 2011 14:57:13
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3.4.3 released. Stable and functionality
> combined
>
> On 1 Sep 2011 at 6:41, Tom wrote:
>
> > I keep saying 73Kb but i mean slowness/speed of download rather than
> > file-size.  The file-size is probably around 146Mb.  At dial-up speeds,
> > or even just double that, it's going to take quite a while to download.
> Do you mean 73kbits/sec or 73kBytes/sec? On my 8Mb/s connection I
> downloaded the windows version (188Mb) in 4 minutes at 800kBytes/sec.
> On that basis at 73kbits/sec it would take 400 minutes, or at
> 73kBytes/sec 40 minutes. If you started yesterday you should have
> finished by now! Dialup speeds are around 36kbits/sec or 3.7kBytes/sec,
> rather slower.
>
> Dave
>
> http://www.davesergeant.com
Max speed by "regulation or law" is 54 K[something]  Buy a 56.6 modem 
and you are not allowed to go beyond 54 [whatever].  Crappy 
law/regulation for the Telecom industry.

Thank goodness that I have cable-modem broadband download speeds of up 
to 10 to 15 MB/s [advertised], but most sites, and a problem with the 
too-cluttered broadband service node [their tech/repair guy tells me] 
usually gives me a 1.5 to 2.0 MB/s download speed.  They advertise I can 
go up-to 50MB/s, but they would have 10 times the number of digital 
cable/phone/net users on this service area node than should be [2000 
instead of 200] and there is no money to fix that.  My building itself 
has 200+ apartments, so it/we should be a single service area node by 
itself/ourself, but no money to upgrade the service lines, the repair 
people keep telling me.




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