That’s what the last bit of my comment was about. Compression would need significant improvement before it were usable for most things people use the internet for.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI don’t think you’re going to be downloading a linux distro over this system. It’s probably just going to be text and the most basic data,
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure compression would solve the issue I mentioned - this would be probably more akin to using Napster to DL a song in 2001 via dialup, or trying to get an image off a newsgroup at best. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be useful, just very limited. Like I said, you’re not getting a full distro this way.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s what the internet was, at first
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep, but what we had access to was far, far different than what we see today. I wouldn’t have a problem with basic features like FTP, telnet, newsgroups or whatever, but the content will be limited. Gonna be back to dialup speeds.