I want to run some tests and it involves downloading massive files online, preferably directly. The first thing that came to mind was an Ubuntu image file. Does anyone know something bigger than that?
There's no legality to the size of a download, but there is one for the content you download. Additionally, you need to mind a data cap that your service provider has enforced, if there is one.
Are you trying to test your internet speeds? Don't worry we all know S. Korea has one of the fastest.
Take a bunch of your own files, zip them up, upload them, and then download them. Copy the CS6 preview files into a folder about 30 times, and try download that
"pages-articles.xml.bz2 Current revisions only, no talk or user pages. (This is probably the one you want. The size of the 11 April 2012 dump is approximately 7.8 GB compressed, 34.8 GB uncompressed)".
The Linux DVD images are quite large, other than that there are some WoW download files of several gigs that I used to use when I tested speed and connectivity of networks.
I am not going to do this immediately, but once I get a new MBA, I want to test download speeds when getting stuff through Korea's implementation of WiMax connected via wireless or USB and figure out which is the most optimal while taking other aspects like modem size, battery consumption, etc. I tend to work a lot in public transportation or at coffee shops or other public spaces.
Has no one downloaded a game anytime soon? With the emphasis on digital release in spite of data caps, modern game DLs can easily be 10-25 GB each. People's Steam libraries have reached hundreds of gigs.