Trying to reinstall Lion but do not have fast internet

Hi, I have a late 15in Macbook Pro Lion 10.7.2, currently using 200GB of my 500GB HDD, and all else standard hardware with basic 15in model from August 2011.  The problem I am running into is I do not have a fast internet connection to perform the 'Lion Internet Recovery' program.  I was wondering if there were any alternatives for me to reinstall Lion since I do not have access to the recovery partition any longer on my mac (because of the update I would assume.)  Do I just downgrade/wipe my computer back to 10.7 in order to access the recovery partition on my HDD again, or does that not allow for it?  What are my options?  Thank you so much in advance.

About Lion Recovery
Recovery HD
OS X Lion includes a built in set of utilities in the Recovery HD. Restart your Mac and hold down the Command key and the R key (Command-R), and keep holding them until the Apple icon appears, indicating that your Mac is starting up. After the Recovery HD is finished starting up, you should see a desktop with a Mac OS X menu bar and a "Mac OS X Utilities" application window. Note: If you see a login window or your own desktop and icons, it is possible that you didn't hold Command-R early enough. Restart and try again.
In order to reinstall OS X Lion, you will need to be connected to an Ethernet or Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi menu item is in the upper-right corner of the screen. Click the icon to display all available Wi-Fi networks. Click your preferred network name and, if needed, enter a username and/or password.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

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