Re: [LUG] [Fwd: Superfast internet cafe launches]

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/06/06, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rob Beard wrote:
>
> Adrian Hosford of BT said: "It would be possible to use the cafe's
> computers to download in less than 15 minutes a file the equivalent size
> of the DVD version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with its 19,000
> illustrations, 629 audio and video clips and 100,000 articles.
>
> "A standard broadband connection would typically take in excess of five
> hours."

Am I the only person who thought "I couldn't read the Encyclopaedia
Britannica in 5 hours" ?

More relevantly, "who the hell wants to download the Enclopædia Britannica?"

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