Pre-Load takes how long?

[swiss]

I dont understand this, a few days ago I went on steam and started to preload DOD source. However circumstances ment I had to turn off the computer soon after I had started the download. In the following days I went on the computer but never went on steam. And now I have opened steam to see it saying my preload is 95% complete!?
Is it a quick download (on 2mb broadband), or does it download even when steam is not running?
thanks for any enlightenment

 

[Beerdude26]

It takes ages with some people, but it's done in almost half an hour with others. Depends where the closest server is. You were probably a lucky one

 

[RipperRoo]

Took about 30mins, no trouble with any stopping and starting.

 

[213]

it took about 20 hours

i'm using a t3 line and i'm sitting right next to the valve servers

gabe newell lives next door

 

[Gui!]

it does jump to 80% and take about half hour to hour

 

[Yellonet]

23 minutes for me.