> 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'

> 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.