Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:31:18 -700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Exhaustive PS\1 Newsgroup Lesson
Jeff Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said (in part), as follows:
>Yeap! But if they accept the connection then the ISP is probably not
>the immediate culprit here!
Right... especially since I've had no noticeable problems with other
Net-Tamer online functions.
>Keep in mind also that most ISPs now farm out the news server tasks
>so the news server could be a couple hops from your comm. server point
>also! Hops introduce some transit delays!
When I was watching my newsgroup downloads, I noticed that the ISP
connected to a newsgroup site called (I think) "supernews", and this
site makes arrangements for other ISPs' newgroup services, just as you've
mentioned.
>Most news servers simply give up after a time on a slow connection! A news
>server can be very busy and just not have the resources to deal with a real
>slow connection so they time out fairly fast! A faster connection will help and
>a good connection with few packet losses helps! Sometimes you can hang
>up and call back later when traffic between you and the server is lighter and
>find you'll have no trouble at all!
It's actually surprising how much you *can* do with a 2400 bps modem, even
during busier times of the day/night. It isn't all that frustrating,
actually -- it's just a matter of knowing the right time to connect and
and learning how to maximize limited resources under various circumstances.
>It's good to experiment with slow modems and finding the ways to make a
>slower system work. You'll be the guy who gets through when others can't
>and you'll pickup a lot of info others will never know!
Exactly! Sometimes, even very narrow bandwidth has its advantages... <g>
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