not everybody lives in metropolitan America, and even then, not everyone who needs to do sysadmin has a reliable, wired connection 24/7. Character delay is an i

not everybody lives in metropolitan America, and even then, not everyone who needs to do sysadmin has a reliable, wired connection 24/7. Character delay is an issue if you're on mobile broadband, which from the name, is the primary raison d'etre. Also think: when your webserver goes down while you're on holiday in Asia, character delay is salt in the wound.