Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction
Caroline Ford
caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com
Tue Nov 6 22:38:00 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 17:14 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Caroline Ford wrote:
> > Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had
> > great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use
> > bittorrent as a distribution mechanism.
>
> You should browbeat such an ISP, not cave in to their draconian will.
> Vigorously complain and if they do not stop, take your business
> elsewhere. Giving in and using http instead just encourages them to
> continue to think that they can screw you over any way they want.
>
We have 12 month contracts... They don't tell you they block it until
you have it installed. It's not giving in, they really don't care.
You'd choose MS Office over a program you can only get via bittorrent?
Those were almost my choices
Caroline
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