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I don't think you're going to be downloading a linux distro over this system. It's probably just going to be text and the most basic data,
That's what the internet was, at first
Yep, but what we had access to was far, far different than what we see today. I wouldn't have a problem with basic features like FTP, telnet, newsgroups or whatever, but the content will be limited. Gonna be back to dialup speeds.
That's what the last bit of my comment was about. Compression would need significant improvement before it were usable for most things people use the internet for.
I'm not sure compression would solve the issue I mentioned - this would be probably more akin to using Napster to DL a song in 2001 via dialup, or trying to get an image off a newsgroup at best. I'm not saying it wouldn't be useful, just very limited. Like I said, you're not getting a full distro this way.