I live 75,000 feet from the Phone company. There is no DSL. The only options for broadband is Starband, since my phone company is a little bitty thing that made every other surrounding town long distance. And I won't do Starband since the new 360 modem isn't Linux compatible. Maybe when Wildblue comes out, I'll have broadband, but for now I got dialup. On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, you wrote: > > I reckon downloading ISOs on a dial-up connection is like giving birth. It's long and > painful, but it's worth it in the end. Nevertheless, I recommend finding a surrogate > mother: anybody with a cable modem connection and a CD burner. And if you don't know > anybody like that, hit the streets and find somebody! Seriously, having someone else >do it > will add ten years to your life. > > Option 2: Subscribe to cable or DSL yourself. If you pay for your dial-up account, >and you > pay for a second phone line, then trading in both for, say a cable connection will >cost > only $10 more a month. Well worth it. > > Option 3: "There is no third thing. Is that clear?" > > Miark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shirley, Mark R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:15 AM > Subject: [newbie] Do We really have to download both ISOs? > > > > I find myself downloading M8.0 and wondered if I really have to have > > both ISOs? I'm on 56K so it's been taking a while. I really don't want > > to wait another week. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- ******************************* fairlane at voyager dot net www.geocities.com/dieseltempo *******************************
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