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What is the largest file transfer you have ever done?
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Not that big by today's standards, but I once downloaded the Windows 98 beta CD from a friend over dialup, 33.6k at best. Took about a week as I recall.
I remember downloading the scene on American Pie where Shannon Elizabeth strips naked over our 33.6 link and it took like an hour, at an amazing resolution of like 240p for a two minute clip 😂
And then you busted after 15 seconds?
Totally worth it.
Yep, downloaded XP over 33.6k modem, but I'm in NZ so 33.6 was more advertising than reality, it took weeks.
In similar fashion, downloaded dude where's my car, over dialup, using at the time the latest tech method - a file download system that would split the file into 2mb chunks and download them in order.
It took like 4 days.