Typical Download Times.


Download times for the eBooks will vary mainly on how you connect to the Internet (via a modem, cable, DSL, or other). It will also depend on the level of Internet traffic and congestion. I wiil also depend on how heavily loaded is your ISP (internet Service Provider) or yourr servers. If the download is running slower than it should and you can't wait for completion then try again at another time.

This chart summarises approximate download times for a 10 MB, 100 MB and then a 1 GB file. As described above your actual times may well be quicker or slower.

Connection Speed 10 MB file 100 MB file 1 GB file
56.6 Kbps (Typically Dial-up)
30 minutes
5 hours
50 hours
3 Mbps
1 minute
10 minutes
1.5 hours
6.0 Mbps (If on broadband you need to verify
the actual speed you achieve as opposed to advertised speed)
30 seconds
5 minutes
45 minutes
 
MB = MegaByte
GB  = GigaByte
Kbps = Kilobits per second
Mbps = Megabits per second

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Page Created  27/01/2008, Last Updated  27/01/2008