Large .pdf file won't download

Hello:
I have searched the messages relating to downloads and timeouts, and have not found an answer to my problem, so here goes! I am attempting to download a very large (19 MB) .pdf, and the process seems to be timing-out about 1/3 of the way through. (I have been able to download this file onto a Windows-based computer, and it took an hour!) I do not get any timeout messages -- the download window just stops showing any progress, the blue line disappears altogether and the Resume button does not appear. If I click the Reload Page button, the download starts over from the beginning and then stops again after about 15 minutes. My iMac is connected to a DSL line via a router -- the PC is directly connected to the DSL line. I have zipped the .pdf (all the way down to 13 MB - zowie!) and tried e-mailing myself the file from the PC -- and Outlook Express times out after 5 minutes (the longest setting available there). >8-[
Anyway -- is there some way I can keep the download process going long enough to acquire the file on the iMac? Thanks in advance for your help on this -- it's very frustrating!
Sue D. in NorCal

This is most likely a networking problem. Go to this forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1222
and explain your hardware setup in more detail.

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