On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:22:50 +0200, Kai Krakow wrote:

> > > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes
> > > hurtling down the highway.    
> 
> Hehe, with the improvements in internet connections nowadays, we
> almost stopped transferring backups via sneakernet. Calculating the
> transfer speed of the internet connection vs. the speed calculating
> miles per hour, internet almost always won lately. :-)

But tapes also hold a lot more than they did in 1981, so bandwidth is
increasing on both sides ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

QOTD:
        The only easy way to tell a hamster from a gerbil is that the
        gerbil has more dark meat.

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