Average time for demo download?

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#1 arctrooper48
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What's the average time for a demo download? I'm just wondering how long it may take to download.

I plan on downloading the Frontlines demo, or maybe the eternal sonata demo, and i'm not sure if I should leave my xbox on all night to download one. One last note, i'm on a DSL connection.

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#2 _RA0_
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only took me no more than 30mins for downloading 1GB file size demo
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#3 dawgsfan1447
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What speed DSL? They range from 512kbps to over 6meg so DSL doesn't tell me much. I have 6meg DSL and it takes about 30 minutes to download a gig. Sometimes a little more.
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#4 arctrooper48
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Thank you for the info! =]
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#5 arctrooper48
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Also, i don't know how specifically to check my internet connection speed. Any idea on how to check? I'm running on windows xp.
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#6 dawgsfan1447
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www.speedtest.net
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#7 arctrooper48
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752 kb/s

SO about an hour download time?

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#8 dawgsfan1447
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No, it'll be longer than that for a gig. That's kilobits, not kilobytes.
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#9 arctrooper48
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I may have forgotten the p XD

lemme try again

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#10 dawgsfan1447
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I may have forgotten the p XD

lemme try again

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Um... what?
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#11 arctrooper48
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Yeah, it's kbps, i'm just used to typing a / to denote "per". Wouldn't Kb/s be worse than dial-up?
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#12 dawgsfan1447
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No, it's a common misconception. Internet speed is almost always measured in kilobits, including 56k dial-up. 700+ is still more than 10x the speed of dialup. There are 8 bits in a byte, and im sure you know the heirarchy as far as kilo-mega-giga and so on, so you can do the math.
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#13 kdmoo1
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it only takes me about 15 minutes. i have comcast fios its download= 20846 kb/s and upload= 2535 kb/s
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download times vary depending on your internet connection and speed. it usually takes me about 30 minutes to download 1 gig
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#15 vhayste
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Gee, you guys have fast internet connection. A gig takes about 2-3 hours.
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#16 dkdk999
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frontlines takes forever like hours i for me i mean i left it there for i think an hour and it was like 20%
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#17 xSniperK1llax
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well for me it takes about an hour on dsl o i would leave it on i do but if ur xbox overheats then dont8)
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#18 Sutton
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I downloaded The Burnout: Paradise demo and it took about 4 hours. I don't know how fast my DSL is, but it shouldn't have taken that long. The demo is only 800 or 900 megs... Sucks for me.
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#19 micallef23
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it takes me hours to download things, i leave mine on all night heaps, nothing will happen

well.. nothing has happend yet..

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#20 roan23
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Gee, you guys have fast internet connection. A gig takes about 2-3 hours.vhayste

well that's nothing, i used a regular cable, and took me around 1 hour for 100MB files. but if a good connection around 1 hour for 150MB. i wish my parents not a cheap. well at least it's better than dial up

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