In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fred Bake
r writes:
>For the record, I'm sitting at this instant in Tokyo Station, and am on my
>way from Narita to Yokohama. I am sitting in the green car, and I accessed
>the appropriate web page.
>
>I have wonderful 802.11 connectivity, and I have an IP address. Whether
>that means I can use the Internet is another question. On the parts of the
>track where the connectivity is there, we see ping round trip delays
>varying from 380 ms to over four seconds. There are fairly large parts of
>the track where the NTT DoCoMo 3G data connectivity appears to simply not
>be there - especially when in concrete tubes and ditches, but also on
>places with open track.
>
>So I think here the term "seamless", when applied to connectivity, doesn't
>really apply.
>
>
No, not seamless, but I managed to download a lot of email on the train.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)
