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Old November 14th, 2003, 07:24 AM
Miguel Cruz
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Default Storage of photos whilst travelling?

JB wrote:
I don't quite understand why people are suggesting uploading the photos.
What kind of bandwidth are you going to get in an Internet Cafe? How long
will it take to upload 128, 256 or 512 MB of data? Too long.


Depends on where you are. In Senegal you're going to be sharing a 28.8K
modem connection with 10 people and it'll drop twice an hour. In Malaysia,
especially if you go in the evening, you're going to have enough bandwidth
to upload a 1-megabyte file in about 20 or 30 seconds. Granted, that still
adds up if you have a hundred photos to do, but it's manageable. You can
deal with your email and putter on Usenet while they're transferring.

miguel
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