On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, L.D. Best wrote:
> Maybe you feel it is slow compared to your local network. You've got to
> remember that this is the *worldwide* internet and how things get routed
> to/from list server depends upon traffic *worldwide* <G>
Haha, actually, I was comparing Arachne's list server with other
(word-lwide) lists. I am *not* on a LAN, I'm happy for that. (people
would just play DOOM and stuff =)
> And this is e-mail and not some type of quick chat or chat channel. To
> be able to have only a two hour lapse between send and receive for
> written correspondence worldwide is pretty damn good! It beats the heck
> out of snailmail and is a lot cheaper than a conference call on the
> phone and a lot simpler than a shortwave radio conference [which would
> require relays to get around the world anyway].
Am I the only one used to messages travelling around the world in 10-30
minutes from a big, world-wide list? Actually, I have seen both bigger AND
faster lists than this, note bigger and faster as opposed to one big and
one fast.
/petri
