AusGamers has put together an article outlining the issues faced by Australians when having to deal with massive downloads. As Age of Conan: The Hyborean Adventures closes in at a whopping 14gig, AusGamers has asked Funcom if a local mirror can be made available for Aussies who face slow speeds when downloading from anywhere outside oof Australia.
From the article:
"Age of Conan is about to come crashing down upon us. It is an MMO game that just happens to have a 14 gigabyte client download. This is around 5 or 6 gigabytes more than the previous record holder, making it a pretty significant bolus of data that people are going to want to squeeze down their tubes.
For those that are unfamiliar with file sizes, that is a staggering amount of content. One of the most common downloads plans here in Australia is 12 gigabytes per month. This means it would be very, very, very difficult for people to download - unless it is hosted locally on an 'unmetered' site, meaning it would be considered 'free' content and not count towards their monthly total. "
Anyone interested in dealing with this sort of thing should check this out as it is a pretty good read...
