[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 17:00 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:56 -0400, timothy at meanor.net wrote:
> > Here's what I was having trouble downloading:
> > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso
> 
> I'm d/l'ing it right now, over comcast, during the busiest time of the
> day.  Hopefully some other comcast users can d/l it to so that we can
> see what happens.

And 8% in to it I got this:

# wget http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-
6.06.1-deskto p-powerpc.iso
--16:59:11--
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso
           => `ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso'
Resolving www.gtlib.gatech.edu... 128.61.111.11, 128.61.111.9,
128.61.111.10
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.11|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 732,438,528 (699M) [text/plain]

 8% [===>                                                     ]
59,082,928   542.04K/s    ETA 20:41

17:01:00 (529.47 KB/s) - Connection closed at byte 59082928. Retrying.

--17:01:01--
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso
  (try: 2) => `ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso'
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.11|:80... failed:
Connection refused.
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.9|:80... failed:
Connection refused.
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.10|:80... failed:
Connection refused.
Resolving www.gtlib.gatech.edu... 128.61.111.11, 128.61.111.9,
128.61.111.10
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.11|:80... failed:
Connection refused.
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.9|:80... failed:
Connection refused.
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu|128.61.111.10|:80... failed:
Connection refused.

such is life. ;-)  It's not a comcast thing because I'm d/l'ing
http://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V5.0.1CD-2006-06-01-EN.iso



-Jim P.