I finally found out what the problem is with the Vue 2024 download, at last. Someone is doing region-blocking. I’m in the UK, which means the download never starts. The download also fails on a completely different PC, also in the UK.
British users of Vue are being actively blocked, is the only conclusion. Either it’s E-on doing this, or there’s a slim chance that my ISP has the video file-hoster Limelight.com on some blacklist? E-on is using Limelight.com to host the Vue 2024 installer .zip files.
I discovered the region-blocking because if I switch to a U.S. VPN, and thus have my browser pretend to be in the USA, the 1.9Gb Vue 2024 download starts immediately. Sadly the VPN is a free one, and won’t stay active for the length of such a huge download.
There are no .torrents, which would have been the sensible thing to offer for such large .zip files.
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