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Re:Comparing HTTP/3 vs. HTTP/2 Performance by rasz on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:12PM (#22867717)
>you'll be able to start a download at home, hop on your bike, ride to the office, and finish your download without the connection dropping once.

you could do this for over 20 years as long as server supports HTTP/1.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_serving

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Re:Comparing HTTP/3 vs. HTTP/2 Performance by ATsch on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:15PM (#22867756)
The connection does drop though. Range requests just allow you to resume it.
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