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how long will the download take
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
my guess is a couple of days..

Think of how clogged the lines will be straight after 'release' time.. unreliable, constantly disconnecting, top speed 2kbps downloads.. I think I'd rather wait a week :/
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
File size is prolly around 1 GB . So ummm however long it usually takes you to download 1GB... Unless the internets crash :NOTSURE:
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
how long will the download take
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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
im using a 28.8 kbps dial up connection, about how long will the download take?
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

im using a 28.8 kbps dial up connection, about how long will the download take?
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Seriously?

Err.. quite a while. Might be a good idea to get a torrent of it, in case the internet d/c's or crashes. Unless Stardock Central supports a stop and start download function.

Edit: If you keep up a rate of 28kb/s, then about 10 hours, give or take.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
oh no, 28.8 kbps is my listed speed or whatever, ill normally get around 2.8 kbps when downloading... is that going to take a long time?
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Right... err... I don't know how to put this...

28 / 10 = 2.8
so...
10hrs X 10 = 100 hours
100hrs = About 4 days 2 hours or something.

Hope you ordered the Box as well, as it might arrive before you get the download. Godspeed son, your going to need it.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
oh, i only got the digital download... thats kinda bad isnt it?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
U have 5 more tokens tho! Give the seriel of the DD to a friend?
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
you cant transfer purchases as gifts
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
bah! Wheres the text on that policy?
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
28kbps? Thats not funny.
I got a really annoying slow Broadband connection, that compared to that is almost instant load lol
Put it this way, my 256kbps (@31kbps Download) will do the game (~2GB) in about maybe 10 hours
So i'll be stealing alot of bandwidth from you guys lol :p
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
Ask a friend to download it for you (ie, install Stardock Central on his comp, log in, DL the game, back up to a couple of CDRs or a DVD) go home, and then use Stardock Central to restore the backup? I don't know if that would work, but it just might.
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
it might be illegall and if it is i am extremely sorry mods et all...

andy, if there are any internet cafe's near you, and if you own an ipod/something with a few free gb's of memory, you could go to one of them and stick in you *whatever*, that you have previously installed stardock central to, and then download sose using the uber speed of the internet cafe :LOL:
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
make sure to uninstall it and wipe your account from the computer
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
Dudes, I strongly belive eet does not have such a connection. He's kidding guys. I've seen replays of him kicking butt in Sins beta (edit: online against human opponents of course.) No way that can be done with 28.8kbps :HOT:

Wait a minute? It was *that* eet right?.... bah, whatever
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
I feel bad for all you peeps with a slow speed. I didn't realise so many had Dial Up still. I think we've got 8 meg BB, and on a good day can get 800kb/s, so only 20 minutes for me ;)

Like other people have said, it might be worth upgrading to the Digital Download AND Box now. I see you live in the US, so delivery time shouldn't be too bad, and the extra shipping cost won't be as much as if you were in Europe or anywhere else in the world.

Edit: Lol, just realised that Eet wasn't the OP author, my bad.
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
eetmorsqrls licks you
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
Al Gore runs my internet connection  :CONGRAT:  I should download at blazing speed!

I might have to rise early that day and get a jump on downloading.
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
its ok, eet is the only poster that matters :D
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
LOL @ Fuury!
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
you people are talking about dwnloading sins of a solar empire right? if thats so please tell me how to do it...do i need some special verifivation or is it for free.. thanks
Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
lol. It is not free. You get the option of buying it online from Stardock and then you can download it when it is released. If you want (and for an additional small charge), you can get a box shipped to your address.
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
It's worth mentioning that connection speeds are listed in kilo- or mega- bits per second while the game size is in gigabytes.

With the numbers I ran on 56k dial-up it will take about 51 hours, on a 1.5mbps connection, which is typical of DSL, it should be about 2 hours, and on an 8mbps connection like Uzii's it would only take about 20 minutes like he said.