176 meg on a dial up? egads that is rough. I well remember the going to sleep while downloading thing, but what a pain, especially if your isp disco's you for inactivity. My cable con is great in comparison, but not all of my wingies have broad band. I am sure a few dollars would be well worth it for a disc to pop into the cd rom.
I am on my second ah2 download of the night, the 1st i patched without reading the patch, couldn't connect. I will try unpatched.