Steve
Mon Nov 03 18:37:44 CST 2003
5mb =5,000,000 bytes ( not counting the extra 24 bytes per kb )
56kbs = 56,000 bytes per second
5,000,000/56000 = 89 seconds. plus or minus.!!
Or is the battery dead in my Dick Tracy two
way wrist radio / calculator??
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"jaf" <me@here.com> wrote in message
news:%23DSnUmmoDHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Steve,
> You might want to re-check those times.
> 56.6 is 3 minutes per megabyte.
> That's a 15 minute download.
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> John
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> johnf202 at hotmail dot com
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> "Steve Easton" <admin@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:Ookc2KloDHA.1740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Not what you want to hear, but you might
> > consider reducing the size of the file.
> > For people "behind" dial up modems,
> > if they downloaded at 56kbs it would take
> > 89 seconds to download.
> > At a more realistic 42kbs it will take 119
> > seconds to download and play.
> >
> > If it is something that you really want or need people
> > to listen to, give them a link and the option to "Click and listen"
> >
> > <imho>
> > If I have to wait 2 minutes for a page to finish loading,
> > it never gets to finish loading because I am already gone.
> > </imho>
> >
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> > 95isalive
> > This site is best viewed..................
> > ..............................with a computer
> >
> > "ben" <benjj@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:061301c3a24a$5a7ae930$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > > Hi
> > > I have a frontpage 2003 created site that works great.
> > > My problem is that I have a large sound file (5MB) that
> > > is played after my main page is downloaded. What I need
> > > is a message to inform the viewer that a file is been
> > > downloaded and to wait for the filem, and I need the
> > > meaasge to go away after the page with the file is
> > > completely downloaded. Can someone tell how I can do this?
> > > My sie which is a community website does not use .asp and
> > > the solution needs to be on the client side. The hosting
> > > company, of course, uses the frontpage extension.
> > > Any solution should work in both ie and netscape
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
> >
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