[Aignam]

Originally Posted by generalbrando

I have tried downloading the manual when it is first released in the past and there's little hope sometimes of ever getting the connection to work and then getting a decent download rate. I don't know if all this is absolutely necessary, but it can't hurt. And if for some reason someone out there can't manage to download them because they've waited till the last minute and the servers are constantly busy - IM me and I'll hook you up.

I think FIRST might've been better off setting up mirrors for the document, or even asking some FIRST teams or FIRST-ers to mirror the sites. What team wouldn't be more than willing to spare some bandwith? I'm not too sure if all of this trouble and the fuss people are making out of it was worth it...