is bluetooth file transfer supposed to be horribly slow?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Andy Green wrote:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> 
>> So, is bluetooth supposed to be much slower than USB connection?
> 
> Yeah, it tops out at 2.1Mbps vs USB 480Mbps.

In other words, BlueTooth is like USB, but slower, or like WiFi, but
slower and shorter range.  I still can't figure out why it's popular.

Matt Flaschen