Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

I downloaded Wedbd and JDeveloper from technet , through a firewall, in Australia at over 25k/s per connection. Downloading Jdeveloper in multiple parts I was able to have all of them going at 25k/s.

Alun
Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:8o0ipp$fhp$1_at_soap.pipex.net...
> works for me
>
> I agree though that dl speeds are *very* inconsistent - though they seem
 to
> have improved in the last 3-6 weeks.
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "Michael Harrison" <harrisonm7_at_home.com> wrote in message
> news:mu65qsgep8e41iqrq5gi92cgub1c5b3kt4_at_4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:18:41 +1000, "Howard J. Rogers"
> > <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:KHso5.8305$Xg.82694_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > >> Dont count on anything greater than a couple of KB/s when downloading
 from
> > >> Oracle. My d/l log shows a measly 0.4k/s transfer speed (over Cable),
 the
> > >> transfer rate has been abysmal for a couple of weeks both from the
 U.K.
 ,
> > >> U.S and in Australia. If you still want to try and d/l it, get
 yourself a
> > >> good d/l manager such as getright or gozilla. Prepare to wait.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >Strange, it took me around an hour and a half to download Lite AND the
> > >Enterprise Edition.
> > >
> > >Like I said, get a friend with a good office connection.
> > >
> > >Clearly, Adrian has a 56K modem on a bad day with a dodgy ISP.
> > >HJR
> >
> > I was able to download the Enterprise Edition of Oracle 8 in about 2
> > or 3 hours on my cable modem.
> >
> > Don't even try downloading from Oracle if you are behind a firewall,
> > it just doesn't work for some reason, even if your firewall allows FTP
> > traffic. (at least it doesnt' work at all on my company's network)
>
>
Received on Wed Aug 23 2000 - 11:13:29 CDT