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