I don't agree. People on dilaup connections shouldn't run nodes other than with
transient toggled - it will help neither them nor the network.

On Sat, 05 Aug 2000, Brandon wrote:
> > So, is it ever worth running a node on a 56k or less dialup?  I jump in
> > sometimes for uploads and downloads and I always have myself set up as a
> > "transient," but other than that, should I leave the node running or just
> > log off ASAP?
> 
> Yes! Everyone should run a node. More nodes means more data replication
> and more cover traffic. In general, more is better. Of course as you
> increase the number of slow nodes, you decrease the average speed of the
> network. Which should just encourage people to form subnetworks with their
> friends who also have high speed connections. If you have a high speed
> connection and are getting slow downloads, it's probably because you're
> talking to slow nodes (or one hop away is) because you got them from
> inform.php. Well you should set up a subnetwork with your friends and that
> will fix that.
> 
> 
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