Perhaps a lightweight client like Electrum or a Javascript-based client (e.g., My Wallet from http://BlockChain.info/wallet ) would be an alternative you might wish to consider?
- http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Clients
Topic: Bitcoin taking forever to connect to network (Read 955 times)
stop everything which is using bandwith besides bitcoin and it will go faster 
I think the blockchain is roughly 3Gb?
With most connections, it can take 6-12 hours.
With most connections, it can take 6-12 hours.
yesss
Are you talking about downloading the blockchain?
why does it take long?
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