Gyp <Gyp@ELSANgyponline.com> wrote:

> In message <1hp0s8y.ra1q491y4kz1rN%steve@italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH
> <steve@italiancar.co.uk> writes
>
> >GPRS does, however, compress data, so pictures aren't quite perfectly
> >rendered.
>
> It's been a while since I've thought this, but what the hell...
>
> Steve, you're talking bollocks!
>
> GPRS may compress the data, but it must be done in such a way that it
> can be uncompressed with no data loss at the other end.
>
> As I'm sat here with a laptop with both a wireless broadband connection
> and a GPRS connection (£1 spent, 66 minutes to go), can you really point
> me to any jpg that would look different if viewed on one connection and
> then the other?

Do a direct comparison. There's some proxy server compressing everything
before sending it out over GPRS which means pictures often come out a
severely reduced quality.

I'm not the only person who's noticed it:

http://www.matthewman.net/articles/2...speed-up-proxy
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