There seems to be a vewry big diference in our experience with the
speed of this list.
Most times, my messages come right back to me in less than 30 seconds.
That's right. 30 seconds.
I'll send this one and see how long it takes.
I'll click "Send mail now" when my clock reaches 22:25:00EST (GMT -0500)
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:54:01 +0100 (CET), Petri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
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