On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Franck Martin wrote: > This is interesting, because on our side of the world, when I do an > analysis, I can see that mail is about 30% of the TCP traffic, with the > web being about 40% of TCP traffic. > > I guess we do not have the same needs over very slow links... Look more at the patience factor. Over a 'slow' ( high latency, low bandwidth, high cost, or all of these ) link, applications which require interaction are simply not as attractive to users. This, coupled with the relatively high cost of such links to the people using them, makes email (and news) the far more _valued_ applications, as you can batch up your replies and send them all at once. The community that you are measuring for a given measurement is important. --==-- Bruce. I speak for myself. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf