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.... terrible!
I dunno about you! But I live in Australia, got MSDN subscription, download is slow... and, worse, it sometimes fails!
(At 95% of 3GB ISO for Windows 8.1, argh.....)
They used to have a download manager, what happened to it?! 
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I just downloaded Windows 8.1 with Update and Visual Studio - because I lost the iso's somewhere and it all completed in less than 20 mins - no complaints.
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You are in the US!!!!
I guess it's just us Aussie.... 
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It is a fault of Telestra 
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Well, they have to invert all the bits for you guys. That takes extra time.
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Lightning fast for me too, but I'm in the States.
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Which file? If I can download it (no promises, I only have BizSpark), I could turn it into a torrent for you. Might go a bit better. Then again, maybe not. At least you won't run into corruption or "download hiccuped so you have to start over" nonsense.
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Don't worry Harold... I will just download one at a time should work...
I think ETA of tomorrow night is doable! 
But thanks hey! 
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At least w/MS's download manager, I believe they set up their own torrents to speed (when they went from an entire CD to and entire DVD sized downloads).
Fastest I ever got from them was about 2.5M/sec
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Why don't they just let you download the torrent file then?
2.5M/sec is kind of bad though, I can seed faster than that without even using a seedbox.
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The download manager is still there. I just used it last week. Did you try downloading via Internet Explorer? Or did you use a different browser. My experience is that with Chrome, it's just a bog-standard browser download. Gotta use IE if you want to use the manager.
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I haven't for a while (6 months or so) but previously never had a prob downloading from MSDN - just before my subscription ran out I downloaded tons of stuff, just to make sure I had copies locally and they all came down smoothly.
The only time I had problems was on day 1 or 2 of some popular new release when every man and his dog was downloading.
So maybe it's you?
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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DaveAuld wrote: Pretty handy if you are planning to fly your kite...............
Or a serious photographer, they can be a little tricky to capture.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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What, Kites?
Big net, long stick. No problem.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Cool!...thanks for the link
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Very cool! I switched off the "sound" option as I run my machine muted in the office. Does it actually go "Bang!" or something like that?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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it clicks with each detection.
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Good grief, some of those detectors pick up lightning strikes from a thousand or more miles away. How in the world is that possible?
Marc
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No Africa. That's a racist link.
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First time 2 screens at home! 
(While I am at it, they are 2 27" screen with 2560x1440 pixels resolution)
And tomorrow new computer (at post office now)! With "only" 480GB SSD! (And 3TB HDD)
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Congrats, ready to rock and roll now!
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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yeah baby yeah! 
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