Hi Brad,
On 29-May-02, you wrote:
> Aha....
>
> Like you, I come from a BBS background, and miss those xfer rates.
>
> I think that you're expecting a bit too much WRT to download speeds over
> the internet. BBS d/l rates are always likely to be faster than 'net rates
> for the same hardware at your end. Usually, with BBS's you've got a sole
> connection, or maybe are sharing with 3 or four others. Over a WAN, you
> could be sharing with millions.
WRT? WAN is what, Web Area Network?
> Frankly, I'm amazed sometimes that we manage to download anything at all.
On extremely busy sites, yes I'd agree. But surely compared to the
internet's potential transmission speeds in general it can't be that slow.
I mean people use ISDN, DSL, cable modems, etc. for much faster connections
still, which wouldn't be of use if the internet couldn't transmit any
faster than the rates we've been talking about.
Regards
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