Downloading in Firefox stuck

[Colin Law]

On 13 October 2011 19:40, Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On 13 October 2011 17:27, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>> > Colin Law wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am trying to download Oneiric iso in Firefox 7 and it has stuck at
>> >> 478 of 695MB. I wonder what to do now.  I have limited bandwidth so
>> >> don't want to start again unless necessary.  I have waited an hour but
>> >> nothing is happening.  FF is still going ok, it is just the download
>> >> that has got stuck.
>> >>
>> >
>> > If your bandwidth is limited, your best bet is probably to either
>> > download it over bittorrent for the reliability and speed, or wait until
>> > the rush is over (give it a few days), by which point you'll be able to
>> > get more reliable HTTP connections to the various HTTP mirrors.
>> >
>> > In fact, bittorrent is almost always the fastest and most reliable way
>> > to get it, especially immediately post-release.
>>
>> By bandwidth I meant monthly usage, rather than speed.  The word
>> should not really mean monthly usage but it is commonly used in that
>> sense.  If I understand bittorrnet correctly then my total usage would
>> be greater as it includes up and down traffic, and I would be both
>> receiving the file and supplying it to others at the same time.
>>
>> Colin
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> Check out Transmission for a bit torrent client.  Available through Ubuntu Software Center and it allows you to set maximum upload and download speeds.

That would not address the issue of adding to my total up/down GB
used, unless I set the upload very slow in which case I could,
justifiably, be regarded as a parasite on the torrent.  Also I would
need to disconnect from the torrent once I had fetched it, which again
is against the principle of torrents.

Colin