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> Yes it is slow 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 h

by u801e 3y ago

> Yes it is slow 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.

simonblack 3y ago
> Yes it is slow > 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.