Re: IAOC Seeks Community Input on IETF Website Revamp SOW

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On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 07:05:03PM -0400, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> > From: "Adrian Farrel" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Something that is very important to me is that the site work on very low b/w
> > links without either taking a long time to load or chewing precious capacity.
> 
> Isn't this really required by the principle that the IETF attempts to
> be accessible to people in areas that aren't serviced by the most
> advanced technology?  I don't know if there are any countries any more
> that are connected by a 9600 baud link, but there are probably some
> cities that still are.

This is true even for people in areas that ARE serviced by the most
advanced technology: usurious charges for wireless bandwidth are,
unfortunately, common.  So frugality of design and cache friendliness
are highly desirable goals.

---rsk






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