OK, I couldn’t let it go.

Back to the laptop, I decided to click on the Wubi installer again. One feature I didn’t mention is that it’s able to resume a cancelled installation. So it picked up again at about 24%. It’s also downloading at twice the speed it was this morning. Of course, zero times two is still zero, right? But I’m willing to let it roll again.

Out of curiosity, I did a broadband speed check (during the install) just to make sure it wasn’t my connection. While I certainly wasn’t getting my alleged 6 megabits, I was just short of 2 megabits during the install. Plenty of leftover bandwidth.

So I can only assume the problem is with Wubi’s sudden popularity, though their forums don’t reflect much of a problem. Not sure what to think of that. But I think I’ll let this go, and see where we get to in the morning. According to the installer’s most recent estimate, I have 14.5 hours to go.