time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

[David Rysdam]

Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com> writes:
> Maybe *I'm* behind the times: I just assumed the reason anyone wants
> "faster Internet" is for downloading ISOs-- which obviously makes the
> issue bandwidth, not latency, unless your 'connection' is something
> like USPS.... 

This is my category of usage too, although not ISOs particularly. I dl a
couple Debian disks a year. But quite a few torrents, flash games (often
a big dl at the beginning, then small packets if any afterwards), YT
videos, new versions of Minecraft, phone apps (during installation),
etc.

Some streaming *music*, but latency is less of an issue there,
esp. since it isn't real-time.