Thanks a lot! I just started downloading disk 1. Right now, I'm getting about 70KB/s and it's estimating roughly 2 hours and 30 mins for the first disk. At this rate, I'll have them all before i would have had even one from the speakup server. --Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McCann" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp? > Hi Al: > > You wrote: > > "For some reason, the speakup ftp server is severely slow. I am using > broadband, Comcast to be exact, and each disk is taking 15 to 20 hours to > complete." > > Tell me about it! I had that same experience over the President's day > weekend; i.e., last weekend when I downloaded the 02/19/2005 set of four > disks. > > And you continue: > > "Is there any alternate way to get these files, either from another > server, a torrent, etc?" > > I've put them on my FTP server, and would love to know what kind of > download speeds one gets when taking them from my site. > > Go to: > > ftp.jamsite.us/linux > > and give it a try. If you do, would you please respond (on or off list) > with a report on the transfer rate? > > Thanks! > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
