Oddur Magnusson

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msdn download speed

Usally when downloading from microsoft I am downloading at somethine like 300-500KB/sec, but when downloading from MSDN download i am downloading at 16 - 30 KB/sec. Why ? I have a 10mbps fiber connection to our ISP so that should not be a problem.  Taking ~6 hours to download a single ISO image is just not accaptable !

Am I doing something wrong ? are there some hidden tips for msdn download speed ?

Posted: Nov 26 2003, 04:08 PM by oddurmag | with 16 comment(s)

Comments

Scott Galloway said:

If you're in Europe, this may have had an effect: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39118125,00.htm
# November 26, 2003 11:36 AM

Wallym said:

you and me both.

Wally
# November 26, 2003 11:45 AM

Wallym said:

Forgot to mention that I am in the USA.

Wally
# November 26, 2003 11:46 AM

Scott Galloway said:

Not that then :-)
# November 26, 2003 12:06 PM

Tim Marman said:

I'm sure they're also experiencing a huge traffic boost after releasing Longhorn bits.... that's when I personally noticed it get a lot slower.

Before, I would get well over 100k/s.
# November 26, 2003 12:06 PM

Frans Bouma said:

About a year ago I had an MSDN universal subscription, and also experienced slowdowns once in a while. I discovered that when it was slow, pausing the download for a few seconds and then resuming it would boost the throughput enormously. Like it slows down long downloads or something...
# November 26, 2003 12:10 PM

Brian Desmond said:

It's got to do with the amount of load on their servers and upstream bandwidth and such. Some days I get slow speeds, some days its fast - not much I can do.
# November 26, 2003 1:45 PM

rafael morelos said:

gracias
# February 5, 2004 3:46 PM

rafael morelos said:

gracias
# February 5, 2004 3:48 PM

hersel said:

i need your help.i don't know how to download msdn...please help me...thanks
# February 16, 2004 9:29 AM

Jhon said:

Hello:

I'd Like to know where I can Download the MSDN CD's.
thanks!
# March 22, 2004 10:37 AM

Jhon said:

I hope you emai me... Thanks!
# March 22, 2004 10:40 AM

hamid said:

gyutugf
# April 14, 2004 3:45 AM

Meriamon said:

Please, give me link for download MSDN library! ..Need a help!!!
# April 14, 2004 7:28 AM

Colt said:

i used to have them but i've lost them! stupid stupid me... i want to find somewhere that i can download the whole thing as well.
# April 26, 2004 11:11 AM

wanzibox said:

hi~
# June 16, 2004 3:25 AM
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