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Date:	Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:02:23 PST8PDT,4,1,0,3600,10,-1,0,7200,3600
From:	"Larry Tawa" <laror2004@speakeasy.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Donationware (was awget vs wget (was: SYS2070 using latest wget))

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In <68051.19.52.31.28.03.2004@constellation.carrier>, on 03/28/2004
at 07:50 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>Why would one need WGET, in the presence of broadband ? With dialup
>service, sure. But I've had DSL for nearlyt 3 years now, and I can't
>remember the last time a d/l crapped out in midstream. Or do I
>misapprehend what this program does ?

Jordan,

In the past when I had dsl accessing the ecomstation server has at times
been problematic; awget helped.

Different situation, downloading multiple files - at least with awget (and
wget), I can throttle the speed to a maximum for each download stream so
that my entire bandwith is *not* 100% devoted to the download. Example -
at the most 3 download streams with each a maximum of 10 kbs. Also with
awget, just drag & drop and forget about it; if your system crashes or
requires a reboot because of lockup, when you reboot, awget will restart
where the download left off.

Larry
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