Re: Sydney trackwork - long weekend

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <7sd57r$8oo$2@news1.mpx.com.au>,
WhaleOilBeefHooked <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote:
>Shaun Hopkins <wallaby@jander.fl.net.au> wrote in message
>37e9e86b@news.syd.fl.net.au">news:37e9e86b@news.syd.fl.net.au...
>> Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>> : I really don't think a casual rail user could reasonably be expected to
>down
>> : load all CityRail timetables from the net and then view them later.  In
>the

>> I've been connected since the treansfer started at 9.30 this morning.
>> It's now 6.43 pm.  The file transfer(~3.8MB) is now at 80%.  I doubt
>> there's too many CityRail customers with the patience to wait that long to
>> d/l the tt.

>It only took me 40mins on a V.90 dialup connection.

 You guys just tried at the wrong time of day. Over a 46k V90 link I
got it in 15 mininutes.
 Im sure that cityrail web site runs off an office 386 PC under some ones
desk. Its slow and often down....