Mukund wrote:
> >On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, sreangsu acharyya wrote:
> The plain answer is simply know because,
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> Most modem use internal compression and html, text files are fully
> compressed.
i don't know the details, but modems compress *all* data, irrespective
of the type.
> Try downloading a text file and zip file, you will get better down load
> speed with text file.
since the modem can not compres a zip file anyway, the download speed
for a zip wil b slower. on the other hand, text files can b compresed
and hence they *seem* to be downloading faster, as it is the (g)zip
which is downloaded and then (g)unziped on the receiving end.
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