This isn't only a consideration for Africa- I am in rural Missouri, USA, and I am stuck with a satellite connection. HTTPS sites are several times slower than t

This isn't only a consideration for Africa- I am in rural Missouri, USA, and I am stuck with a satellite connection. HTTPS sites are several times slower than their HTTP siblings. The problem, as I understand it, is that my service provider can't compress the pages before sending them over the satellite link.