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"Lurch" <myrealname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:87ki93hueg5v7qmpb8j71k3t77jl0u051l@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:37:47 +0100, "Graham" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> mused:
>
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>>"Lurch" <myrealname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:ioii93lrd25bi1nfhcntfjfuel9o2iu46u@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:08:36 GMT, "'Nel'" <nelftm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> mused:
>>>
>>>>I've currently got around 40GB of files copying from my PC (XP Pro) to
>>>>my
>>>>brother's laptop (Vista Home Premium) running through my Linksys WRT54GS
>>>>wireless router - Cat5, not wireless.
>>>>
>>>>It's currently chugging along at 1.64MB/Sec, has been going now for 2
>>>>hours
>>>>and is reporting another 7 hours to go!
>>>>
>>> Ignore the Windows estimation of time, may as well be a random number
>>> generator.
>>>
>>>>Is this the going rate for that amount of data? Seems painfully slow to
>>>>me
>>>>for a hard wire set up!
>>
>>Even a slow wi-fi connection is likley to be faster than your maximum
>>broadband
>>download speed.
>
> What's that got to do with it?
It was rather a large bottle of Merlot at dinner tonight Stuart.
Didn't read the OP properly.
--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%
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