I've done this for users in my area as well (northeast Alabama, =20 Piedmont-Anniston area), and would be willing to help others for just =20= cost. Russell On Nov 1, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Anthony Bailey wrote: > Hello Timothy, I have done this in the past for people and I would =20 > be willing to continue to do so. As I am on dialup at home and =20 > definitely understand about the slow downloads plus other people =20 > needing/wanting to use the phone while you're online. > Thanks, Anthony Bailey > ----------- > this is coming to you from Anthony Bailey =F0 (abailey at semo.edu) > Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701 > > > On Oct 31, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: > > >> >> One of the things I admire about the Linux/FreeBSD camp is their =20 >> enthusiasm to help other users, esp. those who do not have high =20 >> speed internet access. >> >> I'd like to think that we Mac users would do no less. >> >> As the 105.5 megabytes of the combo updater for 10.4.3 download to =20= >> my computer at 159 KB/s, I'm well aware that there are folks out =20 >> there for whom 5 KB/s is the max they are likely to see on their =20 >> dialup accounts, and a file this big may simply not be possible to =20= >> download. >> >> I'd be willing to help out a few folks on dialup, and presume =20 >> there are some others who would be willing to as well. CD-R media =20= >> is cheap and postage, well I suspect the whole thing would top out =20= >> at about $2/$3 per CD. >> >> I'm hoping that others will step forward as well. If we do, we =20 >> can help out the whole community w/o it being a burden on any one =20 >> person. >> >> TjL >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random =20= >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random =20 > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >