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Subject:Re: VW ETKA cd
From:Pat Collins
Date:Wed, 17 May 2000 12:17:29 -0400

The www.vwot.org site seems to be the fastest, I have 70MB so far and a steady 13kB/s connection.  Also, use an ftp client and not download via ftp, don't use http or ftp via your browser.  Feel sorry for all you with out any highspeed internet access.

Pat N8VW

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:38:46PM -0400, Dominique Cormann wrote:
> Check my web page.
>
> Two other sites are mirroring the file. USE THEM TOO! They have much
> better connections to the internet then I do. :)
>
>
> On Wed, 17 May 2000 08:00:24 -0700
> Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM> wrote:
>
> > At 08:30 AM 05/17/2000 -0000, you wrote:
> > >Thanks for the info, I have visited this site, the file size is 208
> > >Megabytes zipped, with a 64k connection to my ISP this will take
> > >aproximately 7.2 hours to down load!!
> > >Thats with out ANY retransmissions.
> > >Most ISP's wont even let you connect to a site for this period of time.
> > >
> >
> > I knew it just sounded toooo good to be true. But I tried to log on and
> > load up and it was busy. All six lines in were full. Dang. Tryagain later.
> >
> > This is either a good hearted person who knows how much some of us apes
> > would like to load up a piece of this Nirvana or a clever ploy designed to
> > lockup the WWW, six lines at a time. At least if it is a stab at a virus it
> > won't become a pandemic until them get more servers.
> >
> > We should give this to Boston Bob. I hear he is reducing the the Bentley to
> > the head of a pin so he's got some practice.
> > T.P. Stephens
> > San Juan Island, WA
>
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