Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>
> "Alan S. Jones" wrote:
>>
>> I would encourage you to vote for bug 63055. That may be our next best
>> hope.
>>
>> RFE Installer Size ZIP Builds with Talkbacks
>> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63055
>>
>> barney wrote:
>>
>> > I just finished downloading last night's Win32 talkback build.
>> > Took 1 hour, 37 minutes on my pathetic 28.8 dialup connection.
>> >
>> > Jeez! :-(
>> >
>> > Can I expect this to get worse instead of better? And please don't tell
>> > me to download installer.zip instead. It sucks.
>> >
>> > barney
>
> Are there really that many 28K modems left in the world?
It's dependent on where you live. The problem is not so much my modem,
but my phone lines. DSL ain't available here, either. My only real
high-speed alternative is a cable modem, but I have reasons for not
choosing that option. So, until the phone company can do something (or I
move) I'm stuck.
barney
>
> Although I Test Mozilla. I'm not a developer (too old to learn
> programing Pascal C, C+, C++).
>
> I have 56K modem and have typical connect speeds of 48K or better. And I
> live in the southern part of Virginia where we usually get the short end
> of the stick Technology-wise.
>
> Not just on this group; but today this is at least the 20th post making
> reference to a 28K connection.
>
> (The mac version is even larger as on my 56K connection takes about 45
> minutes to download. <grin>).
