How do, On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 05:54 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: > > Mike McCarty wrote: > > > > > >>>Yes, it is.... > >>> > >>>If yum fails during the download phase and you run it again it will > >>>skip the > >>>packages it has previously downloaded. > >> > >>You presume each package can come down in one piece. I'm not, since > >>I know better. Downloading at 28Kbps means that even 1MB takes 5 > >>minutes. KDE libs is 15Meg, for example. > > > > > > Wow, your dial-up is that unstable that it can't download 15Meg in one > > sitting? You must end up doing a lot of "wget -c". > > Not mine, my sister's. She lives in rural Georgia. And she has only > one phone line, so she also doesn't like to tie it up for long periods. > DSL is UNAVAILABLE in rural Georgia. Often, she doesn't even manage > 14Kbps average download speed. DSL is available in rural Georgia. My telco/ISP is Alltel/Windstream & they are all over rural Georgia. Alltel/Windstream touts itself as a rural telco. If your sister is interested in DSL, she should check with Windstream. > Mike taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
