odd behavior

[Alexander Sarras]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:39:03 -0800, Chris Adams wrote:

> >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.
> 
And it'll be CDs now. And it's still valid.
SaS
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