looong connect times

[Ricardo Denis]

hola amigos,

i have a computer connected to the internet 24 hours a day. why is it that
if i try to telnet or ftp to it, it takes about 1 minute and 40 seconds for
the computer to respond whereas if i http to it (or ping it) it responds
almost instantaneously? if you�d like to try and see what i mean then the
ip is 206.48.106.72. i run SuSE 5.3. thanks for any help.

-rick