-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=-

 CA> The relevance (for me) is when Linux (for instance) makes 700
 CA> meg ISO image files available for download and thinks they are
 CA> doing everyone a huge favor. :-\

 CA> At least two ISPs that I know of (Verizon and PeoplePC) are
 CA> disconnecting every 4-5 hours regardless of activity online
 CA> (keepalive is not the issue). With a 56k dialup you are doing
 CA> good to get 1 meg in 4 minutes. Do the math and you find that
 CA> without a 'resume' for the download those of us on dialup (93%
 CA> of the USA) have no way to download those huge files. So ... do
 CA> they offer them in smaller 'chunks'? NO way! If Linux 'distros'
 CA> were offered as 40meg chunks to be reassembled into an ISO
 CA> image file once they were downloaded there _might_ be more
 CA> Linux users than there are now. Mabye not, but it's worth a try
 CA> IMO.

There is a utility in Linux to carve up files as you describe,
stumbled across it but short on details.
I agree the ISO image files ought to be offered in this
format.
Download, reassemble and away you go!

 CA> Throw in the belief we can all stream at 128kbps and you have
 CA> lousy streaming video and lousy streaming audio. Unless the
 CA> American audience is of no interest to these people they need
 CA> to wake up to the realities and get with the program. :-)

Me, I'm hoping DSL comes down in price.

 
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