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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: WANTED: America Online OPINIONS
Message-ID: <0B01FFFB.gcocb5@outpost.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 91 17:13:37 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
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In article <1991May22.162054.27873@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>, basil@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Basil Hashem) writes:
> 
> A few days ago, someone wrote:
> = 
> = >My primary interest is in downloading free or shareware programs.  
> = >Does America Online have a large archive?
> = 
> Incidently, does anyone know if AOL supports Zmodem transfers?  I hear that that's
> the fastest method right now for downloading.

AOL doesn't use the 'standard' protocols to download - no ZMODEM or
XMODEM, or whatever there.  Because you must be running the AOL program
on your computer they can implement file downloading in anyway they
want.  So they achieve very high download rates with the incoming
data soaking up close to the maximum bandwidth.

Of course, if there is exceptionally high load either on their Stratus
hosts or on your access link (Telenet, etc). downloads can be slowed
down.

I've been very happy with AOL.

-- michael

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