When you download, what do you do in the meantime?

Wow, you must have been really happy moving from 18kb tp 230kb/s. I on the other hand can only get up to 60kb/sec and that is quite slow on average. I have to find ways to keep myself entertained while downloading large files like movies even on torrents. The most obvious thing I do it watch other movies that I have already downloaded or bought a DVD of. The next thing on my list is to play some offline games (the most effective way for me by the way) and watch the time fly by.

I download lots of movies and songs. While waiting for it to finish I watch previously downloaded movies, sometimes I watch T.V., sometimes I take a nap, but the best way to wait for is to chat with friends.

if the download will be fast and short probably i will wait for the end if it is long or low surely i cna make many things as surfing,writing mails,create files and so on..

Hi tintukm, These days as such I am hardly ever downloading anything form the internet. Prevously i used to download torrent files mostly of movies or some softwares. They would take days as there were not many leechers there. So what i used to do was put my computer on at night and let it download all night because i have only 512 kbps connection which gives me download speed of about 60 kbps that too if there are too many leechers there, if the count falls then so does speed, sometime to less than 5 kbps. Now i use genuine softwares and buy genuine dvds of movies so i dont need to download.

I soon open another tab if I'm not already in it and check something else, I'm rarely aware something is downloading. Do you get anxious? A friend of mine can't even stand waiting for anything, he gets crazy waiting and asking if it's ready :p

Well i usually like to play online games, read news, chatting, and others ..

Often times,I download movies, songs and games from the internet. Most of the time, while waiting for my download file to finish, I watch previously downloaded movies. If not, i keep my self busy checking my facebook account and playing farmville or do some house chores. At other times, I download only when I am about to sleep and left my computer on. By the time, I woke up the next morning, all downloads are done.

I download stuff that's work-related in nature. I haven't downloaded music or movies. Although I have a relatively fast connection, some of the files I download are big and may take a few minutes to finish. But when I'm downloading, I usually watch a TV or grab a smoke or something. I don't multi-task in the use of my pc. Besides, the waiting time enables me to relax for a while since once it's finished, I know I'll be in for a long haul with the work I'm gonna do.

I have a decent enough connection and computer that I tend to continue browsing the web or listening to Music whilst downloading something. If it's a long download I usually do something else and leave it to download though.

For me wait minute until I will done my donwlod.

i usually download movies and it takes about three to four hours to complete, so i have plenty of time to browse the web, check my mail, listen to music and sometimes even take a nap lol!

Morning,tintukm! Well,for me,basically anything.I usually just leave it there and do my own stuff.Like for now,I have my eMule open and let it download while I'm checking my e-mail box,responding to and starting discussions here,talking to my friend on Skype and listening to music.I sometimes watch movies or TV shows as well.So technically everything I do on the Internet. That's quite an awesome speed you've got.It can be really nerve-wrecking when the speed is slow. Have a nice weekend!

As for me, my download speed is around 60kbps so it takes me about 4-5 hours to download a movie...It is quite a long time to sit in front of a computer and doing something else (which somehow hard for me - I watched and did almost everything in my laptop!), so I prefer taking a nap, or hanging out with my friends and be back home just before the download finishes...But I much prefer the former, because I am "nocturnal" in some sense... Nevertheless, if I am not sleeping or hanging out with my friends, I will watch any movie in my living room (although I believe I have watched some of them for almost the 10th time! ) Frankly, I don't like to disturb the process (which means I need to wait longer if I did!), so I would prefer staying away from my computer when I am downloading... I believe it is a good practice when downloading big files, so that you don't do the silliest of mistakes which can cost you your download files... Happy downloading! (and MyLotting!)

I sometimes listen to music or watch other tv shows I have already downloaded. I used to constantly do this years ago, and a lot of the time now too lol just not every second I'm not working. I used to read a book as well at times. Mainly watch other things I have downloaded while new episodes or other downloads are going.

I see you are a chess fan. Well anyway when I am downloading a large file where I can spend time doing something else then I would be doing my normal surfing. I would be on mylot as well as on facebook chatting with some friends. A few times I would go watch a movie online (that usually slow up the download speed though) or watch a short cartoon. But i would basicallly be doing my normal surfing. Oh by the way your old plan was really slow or was it that you miss off one of the zero on the numerical value of the speed. If not then I have no idea how you actually manage with that old download speed. Mine download speed not is about 200 kb/sec. I would be so happy if it was about 1mb/sec, now that would definately be sweet.