I just wanted to know if you had the previous version of FFH2 do you only need to download the Patch A and media pack or do you need to redownload the whole file? On dialup so I just wanted to make sure of what I needed to download.

.30 is a new version, not just a new patch. So yes, you need the whole shabang.

:( I was afraid that would be the answer. I just recentlly purchased all the Civ games and spent 5 long nights just getting 0.25 version. Everything sounds great and looks like it will be more than worth it. I think I will try and leech from a buddy that has broadband this time to spare me the agony of 4.9kb/sec

Try using a download manager! ;)