He said it doesn't work with his home server. I don't think this is an anti-fetch thread.
wgoodf: I just launched NCSA Telnet on my SE running system 6.0.5, and it does have an FTP mode, so there is a third option. It's very basic, just a shell, but I was able to get and put with it.
FWIW I too had a problem with fetch not working in the past with a certain ftp daemon, but I don't remember which ftpd it was.
Nathan