Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game downloads

Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by bhouston on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:23AM (#35663623)

250gB? No problem with 1gb/S to 3gb/s fiber to the home. At least here in Ottawa, Canada Fiber to the home is prevalent and affordable.

But I understand where fiber isn’t available these are large downloads.

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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by dendriti on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:28AM (#35663645)

Well shit. Does your "Canada Fiber to the home" come with unlimited fast storage for free?

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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by bhouston on Saturday April 22, 2023 @02:03AM (#35663822)

The article mentioned primarily download sizes and times. Honestly having +1Gb/S download speeds is quite nice. I also run a local 10Gb/S local network and again it makes large files seem small.

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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by nottorp on Saturday April 22, 2023 @08:29AM (#35665931)

At 1 Gbps unmetered deleting and reinstalling games later is not much of a problem.

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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by qtzaz on Saturday April 22, 2023 @07:19AM (#35665369)

That's what I was thinking. Game size is not the problem, the problem is that you have a shit internet connection and/or a small hard disk.

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