multi-day iOS 8 downloads for Boston area FIOS
Hello,
I'm on Verizon FIOS (50Mb/25Mb) in two different locations in the western suburbs of Boston. I have been trying to download iOS 8 since its release. I've tried using iTunes (l11.4 on OS X 10.9.5), and downloading directly from the apple website (http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8) using Safari (7.1). In each case, the download says that it will take longer than a day, and then it times out, and then for iTunes, I have to restart the download (back to 0MB), and for the web download, I can resume.
I've restarted the internet routers, I've restarted the computers, and yet the problem is persistent. I know that the Apple servers must be busy, but it has been two days now since iOS 8 was released, and I've never had a problem like this even on day 0.
There aren't any problems with my internet connections (I have two separate connections, and I can download updates from Adobe, or MacUpdate in the usual snappy manner). So what's the deal?
I am unable to download over the air (I don't have the available space on my devices), but I suspect that would be worse because the downloads are larger and they'd use the same internet connection anyway (via wifi).
I'd appreciate it if someone at Apple HQ could look into this please.
Ugh, as I was writing this, one of the downloads timed out again.
I'm looking at more than a day at this rate, not including timeouts.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Your very loyal customer (of more than 30 years), amateur evangelist, and shareholder.
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.1