An alternative solution is to use curl and not worry about the timeouts.

curl -C - -o [filename] [very-long-url]

e.g.
curl -C - -o ubuntu-8.04-server-i386.iso
http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-server-i386.iso



On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Simon Vass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aye. Will do.
>
>  Simon
>
>
>  McTim wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Reinier Battenberg
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >  Simons download is almost in.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > are you going to put a copy online for local dload?
> >
> >
> >
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