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echo: binkd
to: BJRN FELTEN
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2016-01-27 08:34:00
subject: Re: Compression in Binkd

Hi Bj”rn,

On 27 Jan 16 14:46, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Kees van Eeten:
  about: "Compression in Binkd":

 KvE>>    It does reduce the use of bandwith

 BF>    I see absolutely no advantage with that. I have an abundance of
 BF> bandwidth. Almost all connections is done within a second.

You said almost, but just last week I had a 3 hour binkd connection, that could
have been done 70x faster, with better compression! And that connection
interfered with other (fido) processes. Compression is still very usefull in
todays internet!

Wilfred.

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