Can I download Steam/D2D/ games at work and then take them home?

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I don't need much bandwidth at home, just regular browsing and some lite online gaming. So a $25 a month 150KB connection is really all I need.

Now that some games are getting huge and I do have some Steam ones and others here and there (Bad Company 2), it'd be handy to be able to download them at 1MB+ speeds and throw them on a drive and take them home and install them.

There any way to do this?

 

[nakedfrog]

Should work with D2D at least, the ones I've gotten from them have been an installer file.

 

[pontifex]

D2D - I believe so, because it just downloads the zip file(s).
Steam - you would need to copy the directory from your steam folder on your work PC to cd/dvd/external drive/flash drive and then copy it to the same directory in your home pc's steam folder.

 

[nakedfrog]

D2D - I believe so, because it just downloads the zip file(s).
Steam - you would need to copy the directory from your steam folder on your work PC to cd/dvd/external drive/flash drive and then copy it to the same directory in your home pc's steam folder.

Steam has the backup files option, but I've never used it so I don't know how well it would work.

 

[pontifex]

Steam has the backup files option, but I've never used it so I don't know how well it would work.

you don't have to use that option, you can just cut and paste the folder

 

[Gunbuster]

Why not just have the games download while you are sleeping or at work?

 

[Kirby]

Why not just have the games download while you are sleeping or at work?

Caps?

 

[Gunbuster]

Caps?

Download caps at home beats getting fired. Unless you administer the WAN at your workplace I would not recommend firing up steam and pulling down games.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Download caps at home beats getting fired. Unless you administer the WAN at your workplace I would not recommend firing up steam and pulling down games.

Yeah I'm the admin. Same reason I don't need a fast processor for video encoding, just use the dual cpu Xeons after hours 😀

I was kinda hoping to not have to install Steam, could just download a zip or EXE file.

No bandwidth cap, I can just never remember to start the download before I go to bed 🙁

 

[nsafreak]

$25 a month for 150kbit access? Where the heck do you live? I've seen DSL plans that have a around 5-7 megabit downstream for that much a month.