It occurred to me that Dieter wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.general:
>> If cpu cycles is everything to you
>
> If the cpu cycles requred to decompress an archive are significant,
> then one needs to also consider the cpu cycles required to download
> a larger archive.  And the time required to download a larger archive,
> especially with a POTS modem.

There's one big difference: While you can easily download someplace else,
with a bigger and faster internet connection, you can't borrow your neighbours
CPU....