Re: I think too many people are downloading 10g database

From: DJ <nospamplease_at_goaway.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:19:05 -0000
Message-ID: <MFdWb.3295$cb7.24489@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:40294570$0$14898$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> "Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_no_spam_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:md7Wb.15977$7Q1.15136_at_clgrps12...
> > Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> > > "Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
> > > news:c08qpm$j4u$1_at_news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> > >
> > >>Paul Drake wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> > >
> > > news:<1076340039.968231_at_yasure>...
> > >
> > >>>>Niall Litchfield wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>americans are just starting to wake up...
> > >>>>
> > >>>>For that you'll have to wait until after the first week in November.
> ;-)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>Oracle also sent out a notification email that it was available for
> > >>>release, if you had signed up for such notification via OTN.
> > >>>
> > >>>Pd
> > >>
> > >>Still coming in over here... at about 70kB/sec, which is far less than
> > >>usual; normally I get about 160kB/sec or more from OTN
> > >>--
> > >
> > >
> > > Agreed. I'm still chugging along at 2.2K/sec. 30% complete! Thursday's
> > > looking promising.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > >
> > Just started mine, so far so good, 140-160 Kb/sec, should be done in an
> > hour or so.
> >
> > Now if my SuSE 9 wasn't lost in purolator-land I could use this box with
> > the new MB and SATA drives to test it out...(if its better than RH9 at
> > seeing the sata drives, that is)
> >
> > Geez Howard, probably faster if I burn you a cd this afternoon and mail
> > it to you!!
> >

>

> I'm open to offers!!!

>

> I had a look at faster options last night. ISDN -a pathetic 128kbps for
> around $90 per month, uploads and downloads included in the paltry
bandwidth
> allocation. ADSL is out, because I'm a huge 100kms from the CBD and no
> exchanges are enabled around here. Ditto for cable. Satellite is looking
> good, apart from the fact that one-way satellite is $90 per month at
400kbps
> with just 1GB bandwidth (which I was quick to realise is only about one
> Oracle CD's worth, plus posting here and a bit of light news surfing at
the
> BBC), and there's a hefty several hundred dollar charge for installation.
> Two-way satellite is even scarier. If I want a 3GB bandwidth limit at
> 400kbps in both directions, I'm looking at (from memory) $250 per month,
> plus the huge installation costs, and uploads are counted as bandwidth,
and
> if I don't use any of my bandwidth one month, it's lost for ever not
rolled
> over. Oh and you have to stay signed up for 18 months, and if you jump
ship
> early, they'll charge you another $400 departure tax.

>

> It's a scam, I tell you!

>

> Cheers,
> HJR
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but you get to live where you are living :-) Received on Tue Feb 10 2004 - 17:19:05 CST