Here's an update.

I started out by taking my computer to a friend's house. I did this because I live out in the boonies and my only service available is satellite (ViaSat) and has a monthly download limit that simply won't allow me to download all 5 gigs of Poser Pro 2014.

My friend uses a provider that sets up a dish that taps into the nearest cell tower. That service gives my friend unlimited upload/download and speed that lets him live-stream movies and TV while his wife is surfing and his 3 boys are all playing on-line video games. I thought that would be my best solution. It wasn't...download speeds dipping under 1kps and frequent "Download Interrupted" messages. It's at this point a wrote my angry rant.

After that, I took my computer home, hooked it back up to the satellite and went ahead and downloaded the smallest file in the install. Sure enough. I got a consistent 200kps and the file loaded in about 15 minutes. Unfortunately, that brought me to 82% of my monthly limit.

OK, here's the kicker...

I called ViaSat/Wild Blue to see if I could upgrade my service without it costing me an arm and a leg. You know what they said?

"Why, sure! Right now we're upgrading anyone one of our older Wild Blue customers who asks to our new "exede" service on our new satellite...with absolutely "FREE of charge" installation and at no additional monthly fee!"

Well now, it turns out the exede service is about 5 times faster than my current Wild Blue, has an extra 3 gigs of monthly bandwidth, and...wait for it...has unlimited, unrestricted downloading between midnight and 5 a.m.!

The installer will be out Saturday afternoon. I think I can wait till Sunday morning to download the rest of the installation.

So it turns out that this was all a good thing. If it hadn't happened, I may never have known about the free upgrade!

I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!