Since Broadband is my land, here are some quick calculations. I'm basing it on the unreasonable assumption that somebody would ever try to download 50GB of data. Yes, thats more than just the movie only content of a HD DVD or Blue Ray but just over emphasizing my point. heh heh
Slow but common HSI = 1.54 Mbps tranlating to 193 KB/sec
A 50 GB file would take......
3 Days 5 Hours 16 Minutes, assuming the internet was perfect.
Faster HSI services max at 10 MBbps or 1250 KB/sec
A 50 GB file would take
11 Hours 55 Minutes, assuming the internet was perfect.
If you have faster than 10 Mbps for your Internet, then you must have fiber to the home. SWEEETTTT!
If you want to do the math on a more reasonable size file based on an actual HD movie file size, here is a link to an easy to use calculator I often go to because I am lazy.
Download Speed Calculator Remember, the results are based on a 'perfect' internet where there are no bottlenecks and every server can provide you its full bandwidth, for your whole download. This of course, never happens.
