Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:40:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Q: Forcing mode CO80
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> FTP is a fine and reliable protocol, but nearly all ftp sites I've run
> across are unreliable... it seems the *server code* for ftp is notoriously
> unreliable, it's always a real hassle getting things by ftp.

FWIW, I never had any problems with FTP from SimTel.NET, although I 
almost exclusively download from USA sites to my far corner of the 
world.  ftp.simtel.net works 95% of the time, and if it doesn't I use 
ftp.cdrom.com.