On Sunday 04 February 2007 18:08, Marc Howland wrote:
> Hello OpenOffice,
>                         I have tried to download the 93MB file for windows
> XP, the estimated time for this download to complete is usually over 5
> hours (I have ntlworld dial up 56k modem etc). Trouble is NTL my service
> provider disconnects after 2 hours ...so I end up only downloading about a
> 3rd of the file before disconnection. When I reconnect to the internet the
> downloading of the file starts at the beginning again rather than
> continuing from where I left off just before disconnection.
>
> Any suggestions to this problem ...... perhaps any way the file can be
> partially saved and then continued thereafter ... the first time I tried it
> I managed to download 34mb in the first 2 hours before disconnection....
> the file saved is currently stored with this amount.
>
> Regards
>
> Marc Howland
> Belfast
> Northern Ireland
> 07791094515

There are numerous ways to get around this problem:

1) Use a bittorrent client. It can resume.

2) Use a download manager as others have suggested. Many of these can resume.

3) Order, or find a CD

4) Find a friend with a high speed connection and bring a flash drive.

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