odd behavior

[Chris Adams]

>On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 06:15:14PM +0100, Alexander Sarras wrote:
>> Reminds me of that old questions: What's the fastest way to get 10GB of
>> Daten from L.A. to Atlanta? - UPS!
>
>    Depends.  What's the speed of the individuals on either side?  If you have
>25k of bandwidth (medium priced cable connection these days) and a decent FTP
>client (lftp, leechftp, etc) the fastest way is actuall to start an FTP.  At
>25k you can get 10Gb in just under 1 night.  :)

It's an old joke, along with "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station-
wagon full of magtape". These days it'd be more like 10TB.