Reminds me of the term "sneakernet." I wonder if "front running" was a thing back in the days of manually moving changes onto a source control server located in-office. I can imagine a mad dash to get code in first on a Friday afternoon.
i imagine this will be true for a while (i.e. the practical throughput of sneakernet in many cases will keep outpacing the practical throughput of wired and wireless networks, probably for a long time).