THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
On 5/20/05, Jerry Gaiser <jerryg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Broadband penetration in the US and especially the Western US is > *much* smaller than those of you in the big cities imagine.
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I don't like the way this creates a quasi-"internet" class structure.
globally, bandwith is, I believe, a scarce resource. however, if yum
(or foo, whatever) used compressed binaries wouldn't it be, at worst,
a wash? provided you're doing the download and install yourself.
The packages _are_ compressed.
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