All these 2400 baud users on the net...geesh....I guess now I know where the
traffic jams are coming from. To think - spent 3 hours trying to get into a
site with max of 30 ftp users and could not figure out why it took so
long... hmm.... Guess there were some 2400 users downloading some 1 MB files
;-)
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:03:53 -0600 (CST)
> From: Bryan Wann_Stigler_ISP <bcasey@galaxy.galstar.com>
> To: "Radius Account for NOX.NET" <radius@nox.net>
> Cc: "portmaster-users@livingston.com" <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
> Subject: RE: 2400 on a PM-3 - We're supporting it (fwd)
> Reply-to: Bryan Wann_Stigler_ISP <bcasey@galaxy.galstar.com>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Radius Account for NOX.NET wrote:
>
> > Dont forget that Microsoft Internet Explorer Dialer for
> > Windows 3.1 requires at least 9.600 bps ....
> >
> > I am thinking .... 2.400 ...It will take 8 hours
> > at full speed to download IE 3.0 !!!!!!!!!!!!
> > never mind about traffic and NO CARRIER messages ...
>
> We've got 2400 bps modems to work with Windows 3.1. Being happy with it
> was an entirely different story... Something as simple as Yahoo's home
> page took at least 8 minutes to bring up!
>
>
> ===============================================================
> Bryan Wann, Owner, CNA, Solaris Sysadmin, BOFH >clickety-click<
> CWIS Internet Services http://www.cwis.net
> bwann@cwis.net bcasey@galstar.com Stigler, OK
>
>
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