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From: scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU
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Subject: Re: PC transfers from US to Australia
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Date: 14 Jun 91 17:38:49 GMT
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In article <4399@polari.UUCP> jsanchez@polari.UUCP (jim sanchez) writes:
}I would seriously consider Federal Express as an alternative.  I think
}you will find that the bandwith/$ is better than phone lines if you
}have enought data to send.  We did this calculation once a few years
}ago and were surprised with the result.

Back in the early days of the arpanet this was mentioned several times:

Don't underestimate the bandwidth of a station-wagon load of magtapes.
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