>>>>> "CA" == Chris Anderson <chris at excon.charm.net> writes:
CA> It's a simple eq, compress time + xfer time( compressed data )
CA> vs xfer time( data ).
It's an oversimplified eq. That's not necessarily true at all.
CA> If you get 50% compression you save 50% of xfer time,
If you're talking about a packet-based system (hello IP), you're
probably going to get about the same time for sending 1K of data as
for sending 4 or 8K.
So, the equation becomes, for sufficiently small data values, compress
time + const xfer time vs. const xfer time.
Of course, once again, feel free to prove me wrong.
~Mr. Bad
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