Keith Adam wrote:
We have a really tedious login script on W2K OS that at best takes 10 mins
in the office. Over the VPN from India it takes the time stated above. As
i tell my operaional colleagues that I support - 'Even I cannae change the
laws of physics!' It helps that I have a Scottish accent.
I am surprised it takes 45 minutes to connect. How are you connected to
the Internet? I do know that even the broadband lines in Bangalore are
slow compared to the speed at home here. When I was in Bangalore last
month, my VPN used to take less than 3 minutes to connect. Are you
dialing up to your home office to connect?
On the 4.5K miles trip there and back, network wise, that's how I explain
the slight latency on VMWARE. You'd be surprised how well that quote works
when explaining to the operation the slow down they see.
I used to do this at Ashok Leyland back in 1994 explaining how the
ES/9000 was slow due to a VSAT connection from the remote cluster
controller to the mainframe. :-) Funny how some people just accept such
things based on the association of the completely non-related object.
The Hindustan Times has come up in 3 posts now... I shall give it a try.
How does the Express compare?
I would suggest The Hindu as well. Much better than the "Tabloid of
India". Deccan Herald is very local and the Indian Express leaves you
wanting better quality.
V
