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From: dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.mail
Subject: Re: Data compression to lower phone bills
Message-ID: <327@spdcc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-May-86 20:17:24 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 28 20:17:24 1986
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Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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Keywords: data compression
Xref: linus net.news:4075 net.mail:1546
Summary: no free lunch

You know, there's no free lunch.  I seem to remember that compressing
and uncompressing a batch of news takes a significant chunk of a VAX 780,
probably a more significant impact than phone line charges for many sites,
which is one reason that compressed batching of news articles isn't as popular
as it might be.
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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