I was doing some math having not read this thread, and I calculated some rough numbers without using calculators. If I was to download the game at around 1000 kb sec I could download 10 gigbytes in 3 hours, but i only download at around 600kb so it will take me a bit longer, around 11 hours for 20 gbs.   If you take my 500kb or so, and make that into 150kbs thats around 37 hours or so if you spike a bit higher, day and half...

Either way theres no reason you shouldnt be able to start playing 10 oclock AM central standard time on friday if you started your download already. 

There is also download accelerate software, but here is a trick you can try, the video is horrible but if you expand it you can kinda make out whats going on, here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuSEObU7Als.  Heres a more legiable video with the same thing ,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDFqfJ2TOwM&feature=fvwrel.  I havent tested it tho cause my speed is fine.

If it takes more than four days to download, it's time to get a better connection.

Easy download, if you can mannage to get past their ridiculous authentication process and account lockouts.

Seriously, how can you botch up something so basic?

Originally posted by Quesa

Easy download, if you can mannage to get past their ridiculous authentication process and account lockouts.

Seriously, how can you botch up something so basic?

    Perhaps because making ANY changes in software can have wide ranging repercussions.  MMO's and websites (and this site/game seems to be closely linked from the problems I have seen) tend to be especially bad about it since the code is always evolving.

    Personally though, I had no problems with the authentication process, while a friend did.  Maybe because I had already fixed my password and security questions and he had not yet.  Not saying that is the problem, but I have talked to five other people that have seen similar things happening now with them and their friends. 

    As for the OP, I agree Elikal, there is no way BioWare should make you download the ENTIRE game in order to play it for this beta weekend.  Let's start a protest facebook page and demand that we only have to download every 5th line of code instead, or maybe just the weapons animations but not the character animations, or maybe just the story lines but not the world art.  That seems reasonable enough.  Shame on this company for LETTING you try the game for free!

Authentication, at least simple and basic encrypted authentication, is one of the first things you learn as a developer.  The authentication back-end is usually accessed through a single pipe for security, it's not like the code is cloned for uses in multiple areas.

It took me 1 hour to download.  

I know because I posted on facebook when it was starting and when it began installing. One of the guys posting in the thread also was having some trouble with long download time, but I don't know what kind of connection he had.  I have a pretty good broadband connection with Comcast.

UK here & took me a couple hours on my 10mb connection, most of it was at 1.1mb/s but the throttling kicked in which slowed it down.

If it takes you 12 days it's time to get a decent isp.

Thank you OP.

My internet package was 15MB download and 1MP up.  Was ok and due to I live on the Big Island of Hawaii I thought I could not get better.  So your post made me call them.  What i have was the fastest they had when I bought three years ago.  So now they have 50MB download and 5MB up.  Wow it was like christmas came early.  Thanks you for posting.  Sorry for your bad luck, but i hope you can feel my happyness. 

Mahalo

Originally posted by Quesa

Authentication, at least simple and basic encrypted authentication, is one of the first things you learn as a developer.  The authentication back-end is usually accessed through a single pipe for security, it's not like the code is cloned for uses in multiple areas.

    It is also something this company JUST upgraded recently.  I'm not saying the bug wouldn't be annoying, but it IS understandable.  Now if they are still having this problem two months from now, then I probably will not be playing this game for long since I value the security of my private information, but until then I will assume they are not like SONY and trying to give my information away through incompetence and neglect.

i donwloaded it in less then 2 hrs. i didnt have any issues. with download speeds or anything.

Let's make the graphics so dull that people with ancient cards can play the game, but make the download so large people need to have the latest and greatest ISP.

^This is EA.... This is SWTOR.... get used to it.

lol 12 days, i hope ur not using a dailup connection ^^

i dont want to brag but with my 50 Mbit connection i DL at max 5.7MB/s

so if im not mistaking it will take me less then a hour if i got that speed

I was on 56K until 2006, waiting a week for a download is no big deal, but thankfully awhile back I managed to get 24/4 cable in my area so I could download the client in an hour, if it would let me login to even begin patching.

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Originally posted by Boudewijns

lol 12 days, i hope ur not using a dailup connection ^^

i dont want to brag but with my 50 Mbit connection i DL at max 5.7MB/s

so if im not mistaking it will take me less then a hour if i got that speed

I have a 40Mb up/down and I'm getting around 1.72Mb/Sec at the moment. Not too bad. Last time, I was getting around 5.5. 

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by BattlesA

I am thinking that some people need to get with the times and upgrade their ISP.  MMO's are not going decrease in size and memory usage anytime soon as technology advances. 

Did you even read what I posted?

 

For all who claim 3 days. Use this: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/downloadcalculator.php

Type 14 GB, 128 kbs = 10 Days 20 Hours 58 Minutes 44.1 Seconds

 

And I DON'T blame Bioware! Well, maybe a bit for not allowing the download earlier. AS I SAID THEY SHOULD, because not everyone lives in Internet Wonderland!

Your from germany ? , a country thats a member of EU, i am pretty sure german telekom doesn't have monopoly on the internet in Germany, i can't be bothered to look it up at 7:30 am in the morning, but i will do it later today.

And i can swear since i live in Denmark, and my girlfriend is from Poland which is a shitty fucking country compared to Germany, and she had 10mbit DSL in the city she lived in.

Either move out of your shed in the middle of fucking no where or get a job

Originally posted by Razeron

I was on 56K until 2006, waiting a week for a download is no big deal, but thankfully awhile back I managed to get 24/4 cable in my area so I could download the client in an hour, if it would let me login to even begin patching.

 

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I had the problem too, I just went to my account, made the 5 security questions and was able to download. If that doesn't work, just exit program, go back in and retry, do that over and over and it will let you in eventually.

To OP: I doubt it will take 12 days, I have a horrible internet and it took 3 days to download 25gb of some other game. You might want to restart your modem, I did that and my internet speed doubled.

In mother Russia MMO download you!

Seriously though... dude... making a whine thread about it taking so long is only going to earn you one thing: Unnconditional love from the smartasses in the beta group and allot of snobish laughs from the rest. If you truly wanted to you could find a way to get better internets but it would likely be just quicker and simpler to just download the damn game at your current speed.

Originally posted by Dihoru

In mother Russia MMO download you!

 

 

Seriously though... dude... making a whine thread about it taking so long is only going to earn you one thing: Unnconditional love from the smartasses in the beta group and allot of snobish laughs from the rest. If you truly wanted to you could find a way to get better internets but it would likely be just quicker and simpler to just download the damn game at your current speed.

Yes. I learn here how humans really are. And I intend to pay it back in full.

I realized that sympathy is an illusion. You get as much as you are able to take by force... I guess those who always preached that were right....

And to think the government of South Korea is planing to have every household have at least 1GBs internet speed by years end.

i dont have that issue is all . im sorry u are but i dont know where u live. I know australia has download limits and once u reach them your internet slows to a crawl so bad a freind of mind couldnt play wow once he hit his limit.

I dont think this is a problem for many though and if u were using it to blast bioware and ea then its not ther fault your internet sucks.