WOW...I just went to download the Deodexed rom in post 2 i believe and the total time is 10 hours...wtf. Mirror below.
MB1_update_FULL_DeOdex.zip | by freeza for Galaxy S 3
Yeah. I don't have the phone any more and didn't bother uploading the file to my servers. So it may be a bit slow but it must be getting hit real hard if it's taking that long.