Re: [gentoo-soc] GLEP 25 + GLEP 9

[Jeremy Olexa]

mmacleod@××××××××××.za wrote:
>> I just re-read the GLEPs. The first thing that comes to my mind is: Is
>> there still a big use case for smaller downloads with the advance of
>> broadband internet? However, I accept that not everyone has alot of
>> bandwidth available to them and ignore my initial reaction ;)
> I would just like to comment on possible motivations for this as well.
>
> Some parts of the world have very low threshold for what they consider broad
> band, where I am from(South Africa) I have an ADSL line that is crippled to
> 384k and am only allowed to do 3 gigabytes of traffic(combined
> upload/download) a month, after which my connection is completely cut off even
> for local browsing.
> It is possible to buy more bandwidth and a faster line but the pricing is
> really prohibitive.
> At these speeds the downloads do not take an insignificant time especially for
> a large package like open office(+-400mb)[1], it is not uncommon for me to
> have to delay updating packages to a new month in order to save money.
> Sadly when it comes to Internet I am better off then many, it is not uncommon
> for people to use the internet through 56k/ISDN/GPRS here, I can only imagine
> there are other countries where this might be even worse.
>
<snip other good points>

I like it.
-Jeremy