Comments on: How long does it take to download 60 megabytes on 56k dialup connection?

By: dze

dze — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

with a good connection probably 4 hours or more …

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By: Narendra S

Narendra S — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

At full speed of 56k, it would take approx. 5 mins per MB. So 60 MB will take approx. 60 X 5 = 300 Mins.

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By: sminthian1980

sminthian1980 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

It also depends on the speed of the computer that you're downloading from. I'd just start it up when you go to sleep and it should be done when you wake up in the morning.

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By: MaDo

MaDo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

hey its propebly 4 hours or more it may be 5 hours

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By: daxbert

daxbert — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

In theory around 8800 seconds. More likely 10,000 seconds.

So 3-4 hours.

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By: compnerd814

compnerd814 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

If you have a perfect internet connection that never slows down at all (which is rare), and you are not using the internet at the same time, then the fastest it would download in is 2.4 hours. I did the calculation right on google, check out the link below.

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By: jhdcomputer

jhdcomputer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

A VERY long time. It really depends on a couple of things, your download speed, and the speed of the server you are downloading from. If you were downloading at a constant 5.2 kbps, which you will not, i guarantee you, it would take you about 196.5 minutes.

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By: jeremy

jeremy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

i hav a 56k modem and the usual download rate is about 3.5 kb per sec…so it will take far longer than 4 hours maybe six…

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By: pr12345

pr12345 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:24:11 +0000

Answer: Atleast 4-5hrs

56kbps dialup is really 53kbps and by the time you get it, its about 32kbps or 4 Kbps (kilo bytes)

60MB=60,000Kilo Bytes

so, 60,000 kilobytes / 4 kilobytes per second = 15000 seconds

1hr=3600 seconds, so 15000 seconds is about 4hrs.

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