According to Curt Sampson:
>
>FTP has restarts only if you've an appropriate client.

Appropriate client AND server - if the server does not support the
reget command you lose.

> I don't
>believe that most web browsers, for example, do restarts. Yet most
>large programs downloading through the Internet these days (Netscape,
>Explorer, other 5-10MB packages) come as one large file. From this I
>presume that transfers aborting is not a major problem.
>

Either that or they assume everyone has a reliable, fast link.  From
the number of pages that dump all their functionality into one lovely
graphic that you need to click on I think the assumption you have a
fast link is the norm.  You need to experience WWW over 9600 baud to
know the pain.

-- 
Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
===============================================================================
  "Upgrading your memory gives you MORE RAM!" - ad in MacWAREHOUSE catalogue.