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- From: mark@coombs.anu.edu.au (Mark)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: And on the subject of Internet bandwidth...
- Date: 23 Nov 92 05:00:38 GMT
- Organization: Australian National University
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- Message-ID: <mark.722494838@coombs>
- References: <mtymp15.722390999@staff.tc.umn.edu> <9211220110.AA00901@hrt213.brooks.af.mil> <BEH.92Nov22192521@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu>
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- beh@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Bruce Howells) writes:
-
- >but also logging some pretty intensive time telnetted to csd.bu.edu...
- >(Mentally computes how far away a site has to be to get a 700 mS ping time)
- >gaak... Crossing lots of wire and gateways, Tim?
-
- >Lots of wire... Lots of gateways... Lots of packets.
-
- Not necessarily. I read a while ago that the .mil net isnt exactly state of
- the art speed wise, and a lot of it is "slow" 56 K links from way back.
- I cant remember the exact reasons, something about reliability or similar
- but it would account for any largish ping times.
-
- Anyway if the guy likes #bondage let him be :) He wont mind next time he's
- captured and staked to the ground :)
-
- Mark
- be tied down a lot next time
-