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I can remember using 56k dialup and downloading ISOs around 650MB. A 60MB download would have been fine. Indeed, with the annoying habit of proprietary softwa
by heurisko 5y ago
I can remember using 56k dialup and downloading ISOs around 650MB.
A 60MB download would have been fine.
Indeed, with the annoying habit of proprietary software to install "Download managers" that download the actual software, I would be happy for just a 60MB runtime for the actual program itself.
- pjerem 5y agoI'm not sure you really remember. With 56k dialup, downloading 650MB could easily take days. Downloading 1MB could have taken 3 to 4 minutes. 60MB, even today, is really big when you have to download it while boarding a train or with poor connectivity (even in rich countries, just being in a metallic building is enough for 60MB to be painful to download.
- HatchedLake721 5y agoYou download desktop apps while boarding a train?
- heurisko 5y agoI remember leaving the computer on to download 650MB overnight, which used to be an ISO for an operating system. It was usually finished sometime the next day. And 60MB would have been a couple of hours, not bad to wait for some software. It wasn't prohibitive to do this. Indeed, I seem to be back at square one, as downloading a AAA game for me once again takes about a day.
- liketochill 5y ago650,000 kb / 5 kb/s = 36 hours
- projct 5y agoAdd a little line noise for the average 30-70y/o house wiring and you get 43 hours for 33.6 or 50 hours for 28.8. It took running a brand new line in order for me to get 56k. So, the parent comment is accurate. It was absolutely prohibitive for the average person with a shared line, and the direct comparison to shared line today is a metered connection. Even in the US it can be as much as $30 per gigabyte which would make that 60MB download cost $1.80.
- int_19h 5y agoI also remember using 56k dialup, and we paid per minute. A 60 Mb download would take several hours.