Originally Posted by Nuckin
Actually, the download size is likely to increase only a little more and then drop off significantly. The reason there is so much to download right now is because the beta isn't optimized to use previously unchanged files from the Live version of the game. So with the beta installed, you have two complete copies of atleast Northrend and Outland in addition to all the Azeroth files that are being reused.
And the warning about ISP download caps is still a good thing to worry about unless you have a good ISP that doesn't do download capping
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Thanks, Nuckin. I had forgotten about it not being optimized. But it's still gonna be a big download. Thank god for uncapped ISP's!