Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/03/05:33:53
Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org> wrote:
> -first I download the stuff to my server.The server of
> my ISP is on a T3 so the download does not take that much.
> -second I download the stuff to my computer.I use my modem
> to the max (115200 bps with maximum compression).And I use
> Zmodem protocol so if there is an error at 9.9 megs I try
> a second time and it will start from 9.9 and continue.
OK, so you're lucky. So? My access is via a shared 64Kbps
link, when it works (often it goes down unpredictably).
When I do get the files to this Unix machine I have to
put it on floppies to transfer to my PC at home, because
neither the Unix machine nor my PC is connected to the
phone lines.
If I try to pull a 10Mb file by FTP from anywhere. the
chances of it getting to the end are from insignificant
down to none. If I try to pull a 1.4Mb file they are
better, and at least it's only taken half an hour to
do it again instead of 3 hours. Or much more: pulling
a 10Mb file might work one time in 10, so it could be
9 attempts (27 hours!) to get it in one piece.
If I do it from my British machine it's more likely to
work, but when it doesn't that much time would cost me
quite a lot in phone charges (Britain does not have
free calls except for cable, and my town isn't scheduled
to get cable until into next century).
There are other sites with a maximum connect time of one
hour - you'd never get it...
Plus, if I don't want all the files (and I don't - I'm
not interested in emacs for example) I don't have to d/l
one big lump with a load of things I don't want.
> So I see no difference (but a bother to download many
> small files) between the two...
OK, for you it's no difference. For many other people
it makes a lot of difference. The difference between
it being usable and not, in fact.
Chris C
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