You need a download manager. They keep track of the download and can
pick up where it left off when the connection is lost. I have DSL, so it
isn't a problem for me now, but I remember having that capability in the
dark days of dial-up and finding it essential. Dan Mitchell just posted
a recommendation for one.
Upload and download are the same speed on dial-up, at least on the
several I've used over the years. On home cable and DSL, they generally
split up the bandwidth to give faser download and slower upload.
Upload on home connections is generally 126-256 kpbs, I think. My cable
modem hook-up was 256k up, but the download speed was so variable,
sometimes amazingly slow, that I'm much happier with the consistent
download faster than the cable ever managed even though upload is only
128k. I gather this stuff varies not only with provider, but by
neighborhood.
Moose
Mike wrote:
....He could make the connection then go and shoot a roll or two, do some
shopping, change the brake pads, prune the roses then look back to see if it
had finished.....
Dreamer...... Slow dial ups have a hard time staying connected long enough to download
anything big. For me generally it's "third time's a charm" for anything that
takes longer than a couple of hours. First I have to wait until i get a decent connection
speed then cross my fingers that i won't get bumped. And aren't uploads slower than
downloads?
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