From a user's standpoint, NNTP read with a text-based reader (e.g.,
tin)
is WAY faster than any graphics/HTML system. So from that standpoint
it's
better.

Like Dilbert, I like to think of myself as a technology 'have'.

Unless I was in an area that didn't have broadband I can't think of any
reason why the speed would be an issue.

Of course I might be considered a little biased in this respect given
my role in the Web.