Thanks for the overview; makes a lot of sense. But it doesn't explain the difference I got when using AndFTP: SFTP, SCP approx 56 KB/s (yes, SCP were slightly faster, a few kB/s) FTP approx 2000 kB/s. That's almost a factor 40. Same file, same network (wireless at home), same server. Is there any ne...

I had a very annoying experience when I started to download a large (700 MB) file from my home server to my Galaxy Tab. I used the SFTP and the SCP protocols at first but the download speed never went above 56 KB/s (on a fast server, almost perfect 802.11g network and the galaxy tab more or less ont...