Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

[Quoted] works for me

I agree though that dl speeds are *very* inconsistent - though they seem to [Quoted] have improved in the last 3-6 weeks.

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Niall Litchfield
[Quoted] Oracle DBA
[Quoted] Audit Commission UK
[Quoted] "Michael Harrison" <harrisonm7_at_home.com> wrote in message
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> 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)