Charlie Seaman wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> On Friday 12 October 2007 10:49:16 eileen clerkin wrote: >>> >>>> hello I am dowloading powerpoint it is coming up as will take 11 >>>> hours is this true ..... >>>> thanks >>>> >>> On a dial up connection, yes it will take a very long time and it >>> will probably not download correctly. You will probably have to >>> download it several times before you get a copy that is not corrupt >>> due to the long download on dial up. >>>
If there's corruption, IP is supposed to detect the error and cause a re-transmission. It is intended to be a reliable protocol over an unreliable medium. At worst, it should simply fail. While I'm not claiming it's perfect, if there's file corruption, I'd suspect another cause. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
