Warning: downloading files over 2GB in size using a web browser will cause the file to be truncated (cut off). This is a limitation or bug in IE and Firefox on Windows. Firefox does not seem to have this limitation on linux.
Downloading an "update" or patch to a program like Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10 (a cd burning program) nowadays requires the fastest broadband internet access you can get, because they are typically 800-900MB now. My Paint Shop Pro X2 update was 44MB. Sometimes, they are not just patching one or two programs – they are replacing the whole package. So brace yourself...
Equation for this form below:
overheadratio=(65536bytesperpacket+1024bytesoverhead)/65536.0bytesperpacket
hrs=(size×overheadratio/(bandwidthInBitsPerSecond/8bitsperbyte))/3600secondsinhour
I got the 65536 bytes from the average size of a UDP packet (even though we are really using TCP). must have something for a reference. The packet overhead I chose to be 1024 bytes, it should hopefully cover everything.I am probably grossly inaccurate on the overhead. please correct me.
questions I have about various service upload rates:
Cable 12Mbps(768kbps?)
Cable 16Mbps(76.8Kbps?)
DSL 3Mbps (76.8Kbps?)
DSL 7Mbps (76.8Kbps?)
Fiber qwest 20/5?Mbps (625KB/s?)