People using it for binary downloads can pull down data at gigabit speeds.
> it should still be kept as a no-frills alternative when things have to depend on low-bandwidth.
It's unfortunate that most websites and other services require significant amounts of bandwidth. If I'm using a GPRS connection on my phone, websites other than Hacker News are not really usable. IRC and Usenet still work though.
> People using it for binary downloads can pull down data at gigabit speeds.
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I meant that being a 'store and forward' medium rather than a broadcast medium, it can take days to propagate to all clients, rather than talking specifically about the speed of transmission.
People using it for binary downloads can pull down data at gigabit speeds.
> it should still be kept as a no-frills alternative when things have to depend on low-bandwidth.
It's unfortunate that most websites and other services require significant amounts of bandwidth. If I'm using a GPRS connection on my phone, websites other than Hacker News are not really usable. IRC and Usenet still work though.