overcame that with "get right" for years ...it would reconnect and redial and all that folderol !! ...still have it on my pootah ...but my browser fav ...opera ...has the built in including bittorrent client...
-----Original Message----- From: Reid Katan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:11 PM Subject: Re: shrifted Quoting rleesimon <[email protected]>: > cuz I'm so thrilled with the speed I have so far since my dialup was > about 10-20 at best (what with the original phone lines in the garden > state some of which date back to Mr. Watson)... when I get sick of > this speed, I'll go up ...for now I can see movies and youtube and > send good pics &vids and dld 50mb executables with aplomb ...usta take > a week !! True dat. Back in the day, I used to get large downloads going to run over night. My computer--with WinNT on it--was close to my bed and would beep when the modem disconnected. All too often I'd hear it disconnect early in the morning, look at the progress, and see it 97% done. I'm glad *those* days are over. Katan ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
