XML bloat would still add to bandwidth costs (or add more CPU/RAM overhead if you compress it), TCP segments are not fixed size.
I know there's this tendency to dismiss bandwidth these days, but it's quite misguided. You literally wouldn't believe the quotes we got in Taiwan -- I thought there was some major misunderstanding until I got there and actually sat down with the network team at the telecom provider.
I know there's this tendency to dismiss bandwidth these days, but it's quite misguided. You literally wouldn't believe the quotes we got in Taiwan -- I thought there was some major misunderstanding until I got there and actually sat down with the network team at the telecom provider.