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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by Scea91 on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:23AM (#14635867)
300 MB is nothing today and I would guess that almost all of us can download it in less than a minute, so where is the problem?
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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by fao_ on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:34AM (#14635914)
Almost everyone who happens to live in Silicon Valley, sure. Others are not so lucky and have 1mb/s download speed.
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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by vortico on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:12PM (#14638978)
It's not only the technical size that's the problem. It's the phycological complexity of the software that strays people away from it, and the filesize is an indicator for that. It tells me that the developers aren't opposed to add any feature they feel like, creating overengineered and bloated software.
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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by ue_ on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:55AM (#14636008)
Do most people have download speeds greater than 5MB/s?
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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by mac01021 on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:09AM (#14636086)
Isn't the download speed of a typical cable internet connection in the tens of Mbps?

On the east coast I pay about $70 per month for about 50mbps.

I would be interested to here if suburbs elsewhere in the country have it much worse (or much better).

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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by consz on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:48AM (#14636311)
300KB/s here (NYC).
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Re:Does the Boost library meet its original goal? by mac01021 on Monday June 26, 2017 @09:37AM (#14636661)
Cable? What ISP? Similar price?
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