OT: HTML vs. FTP File Delivery

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 01:01 -0600, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
> Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> 
> >HTTP 1.1 is more efficient than FTP, and there's less chance of firewall
> >issues.
> >

firewall issues, yes,
more efficient, NO.

do some serious testing and you will see it as a noticeable difference
in transfer rates.

A single transfer may seem faster with http, but overall ftp is faster.

> >
> >--Tony
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> However, for some reason (maybe a problem on my end?) FTP tends to be 
> faster than HTTP (even 1.1), YMMV.
>