Good point. One criterion for whether a SETI@home approach is reasonable for a class of problems is if the total processing time exceeds the network download a

Good point. One criterion for whether a SETI@home approach is reasonable for a class of problems is if the total processing time exceeds the network download and upload time. In SETI@home classic the work units didn't take too much time to download compared to how long it took to process a work unit.