Both my home and work connections are directly off the alter.net backbone, so I 
can generally assume that slower sites are either way the heck off in the 
internet hinterland or just slow.

-Adam


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On my service at work and at home (Comcast cable), photo.net is considerably 
> faster than flickr. Perhaps it varies by local and/or service. I have no idea.
> Paul
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Photo.net faster? Not here. That site is dog slow for the most part. 
>> Flickr's 
>> speed issues have mostly been resolved when they moved into Yahoo's 
>> datacentre 
>> earlier this year.
>>
>> But if you do want simple, lightweight pages, photo.net delivers well, even 
>> if 
>> they do require more massaging of the JPEG before uploading (Flickr doesn't 
>> require the removal of metadata).
>>
>> -Adam
>>
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I refer photo.net to flicker. The cost for a full service account is the 
>>> same. 
>> But the photo.net pages look much better, and the site is much faster.
>>> Paul
>>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Flickr displays at 500px on the long side by default. The 'All Sizes' 
>>>> tab gives access to the Larg (1024px on the long side) and also (if you 
>>>> have a Pro account) the full size. pro accounts are $25/yr and also get 
>>>> you unlimited sets and images in your stream, well worth the low cost.
>>>>
>>>> -Adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Debra Wilborn wrote:
>>>>> I'm looking for a place to host photos.  Right now I
>>>>> have a few things on Flickr here:
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
>>>>>
>>>>> (Feedback welcome, by the way.)
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems however that Flickr likes to resize
>>>>> everything to 500 pixels.  Kind of smallish.  What
>>>>> hosting service, if any, do y'all like?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Deb in TX
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
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