can't git clone the esp-idf repo

[Sunbelt57]

I have a slow internet connection and I keep getting errors while trying to clone the esp-idf repo. Could I possibly go to someone else's connection and clone it onto a thumb drive or cdrom and then carry it back to my desktop? I see that it won't compile if it doesn't see an actual git repo. I tried copying the entire repo as a zip file and then extracting it but that doesn't work.

[ESP_Sprite]

Yes, that should work.

[Sunbelt57]

The service tech came out and put up another (bigger) dish and now it works.