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Rob Beard wrote: > > Adrian Hosford of BT said: "It would be possible to use the cafe's > computers to download in less than 15 minutes a file the equivalent size > of the DVD version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with its 19,000 > illustrations, 629 audio and video clips and 100,000 articles. > > "A standard broadband connection would typically take in excess of five > hours." Am I the only person who thought "I couldn't read the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 5 hours" ? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html