Failed to download Mavericks on 10.6.8

I've been relying on Mac since 2006, never have had a worse experience.
For the past 3 days I've been trying to upgrade to Mavericks, all available notes, forums, etc... suggest that I should have at least 10.6.8; which is my case.
I go to App Store, navigate to Mavericks, click on "Free Upgrade", then "Install". The OS X Mavericks icon goes to my dock, sometimes says "Waiting", other times saying "Downloading". In both scenarios, it either stays Waiting. Or When i try to restart the machine or the app store, it will start downloading for a while then a message pops us asking me to check my internet connection. Although my internet connection is just fine, I go ahead and click "Retry". Then the message pops up again, this time the OS X Mavericks icon disappears from my dock!
Apparently it tries to download the huge 5.3GB file, cause the available space on my drive keeps shrinking, then it suddenly stops.
All similar posts here talk about the issue when Mavericks was first launched, referring to Apple servers suffering from the huge traffic. But now, after two months, i don't think that's the case!

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Zak Adelman, LexSchellings,
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NOT doing very well at it--just barely getting by; rapidly falling behind what needs done [work].
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              1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores;           8 GB RAM
Additional:
   Monitor used = Visio flat screen. [not Mac]
   Keyboard = Logitech solar wireless [not Mac]
   Mouse = Logitech wireless
Video Information:           Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
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          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
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                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
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          Logitech Logitech USB Headset
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
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Thunderbolt Information:
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          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
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Internet Plug-ins::
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          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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Time Machine:
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               4%          Safari
               4%          SafariDAVClient
               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          com.apple.iCloudHelper
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