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About file downloading
« on: July 18, 2007, 02:06:36 »
Is it possible for VSTEP setup some BT servers for file downloading?
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Stuart2007

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 02:09:54 »
Downloading what?

You can already buy and download the main simulator and the patches when they become available.

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 02:48:33 »
But the speed is slow, especially the main simulator.  Maybe this will increase the download speed.
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[RWP]DJM

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2007, 03:11:06 »
Hiya :)

Download speed can depend on a number of factors:

Distance from the server
Your Internet connection
Time of day/night (peak hours are very busy in the UK for example, 6pm-11pm)
The server you are downloading from

1, or even ALL of these factors can seriously affect what speed you obtain from any server, anywhere in the world.

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DJM.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2007, 03:15:35 by [RWP]DJM »
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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2007, 23:59:02 »
hehe.. how many servers are there and where are they??? ;D ;D
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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2007, 20:50:35 »
I don't KNOW, but I will GUESS they are in the Nederlands somewhere... as for how many? No idea.

I doubt for security reasons Vstep will be divulging anything more accurate than that, but I may be wrong.

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2007, 21:24:50 »
Well, do not forget it is a lot of megabytes you are downloading. Í have downloaded the game and I thought the downloading went quite quick :-\
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Captain Davies

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2007, 21:40:01 »
Try one of the mirror servers.
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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2007, 08:06:42 »
We have two main download servers, both located in the US.

We have not had any complaints about the download speed since our last upgrade in April of this year.
They are now connected to two 2Gbit connections.

I do not think BT servers are very suitable for legally purchased downloads. We do not want to urge our customers to keep sharing their purchased game.
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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2007, 02:28:16 »
What IS a BT server?

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2007, 11:26:07 »
Quote from: Stuart2007 on August 13, 2007, 02:28:16
What IS a BT server?

Stu

Bit Torrent, something that I personally avoid like the plague ;)

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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2007, 11:30:39 »
Quote from: [RWP]DJM on August 13, 2007, 11:26:07
Bit Torrent, something that I personally avoid like the plague ;)

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DJM.

Bit Torrent has its uses, it's my preferred method of getting hold of Linux and America's Army.  ;)
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Re: About file downloading
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2007, 11:34:09 »
Quote from: Orinoco on August 13, 2007, 11:30:39
Bit Torrent has its uses, it's my preferred method of getting hold of Linux and America's Army.  ;)

Indeed, I know many people that use BT for all kinds of 'Legal' downloads, I am just very fussy about what I install on my PC....in fact I'm very fussy about a lot of things (in case you hadn't noticed ;))

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