After you have reconnected, you have to start all over again. Well it is possible with a program called GetRight . Because of slow links, e.g. modems, people have all kinds of ways to speed the transfer of data. The best way is to compress the data, send the compressed file across, and then uncompress it again on the other side. A 10 Mbyte file can e.g. be compressed to 2 Mbyte.
ZIP files are such compressed files.
To compress and uncompress these file, you need a program called WinZip . You can use this program for 30 days before you need to register it. The latest version is 7. There is a lot of debate going on about MP3 files. These files are compressed 11 to 1.