HTTP allows resume as well. (Well, 'partial-get' is what it is really.) This is how those things like 'getright' in the Windoze world work (as well as wget in the Unix world).
On short files, the setup cost of FTP is great enough to make a huge difference. With a huge file, you're unlikely to notice a second or so of setup time (for the username, password, cd, binary mode, etc of ftp), but it's still there.
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HTTP allows resume as well. (Well, 'partial-get' is what it is really.) This is how those things like 'getright' in the Windoze world work (as well as wget in the Unix world).
On short files, the setup cost of FTP is great enough to make a huge difference. With a huge file, you're unlikely to notice a second or so of setup time (for the username, password, cd, binary mode, etc of ftp), but it's still there.