On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> > Ok, suppose someone can touch type. The world record is something like 600 > > key presses per minute, which is 10 41-byte TCP packets per second ~= 4 > > kbps. > When I go to Internet cafe's (I like Global Gossip), I connect my Ti-book > to the local ethernet if at all possible (that's why I like Global Gossip) and > use high bit rates (i.e., file transfers) in both direction. Would the uploads be HTTP? That's the only thing I'd want to limit to a few kbps. (Well, and outgoing SMTP to 0 kbps.) > If I was limited to 4 kbps outbound, I would want my money back. > Just one customer viewpoint :) Understandable. On the other hand, spammers using internet cafes isn't good either.