David Bowerman wrote to Ross Maciver:
DB> Sounds more like you are using FTP without specifying a 
DB> binary transfer.  Quite a few FTP implementations default 
DB> to an ASCII transfer.  A 7 bit ASCII transfer does wonders 
DB> for an 8 bit binary file (which .ZIP files are).  With most 
DB> ISPs, you'll be using the PPP protocol so any packets that 
DB> are grunged would be automatically retried by the protocol 
DB> driver if they made it by your modem's error correcting 
DB> protocol.
I'm specifying binary transfer, and it seems I can (sometimes) 
retrieve small (<100k) files without errors.
This is a frustrating problem, but it may be rooted in computer 
hardware, not the modem.
Ross
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