Re: Livingston.com speed

Stephen Zedalis (tintype@exis.net)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 07:08:08 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Warren Vanichuk wrote:

>I get files almost twice as fast trans-atlantic than I do from
>ftp.livingston.com, yet you are saying it's our connectivity.. Yep, I can
>see the logic.
>
> Aluve, Warren
>
>PS - 7.89kB/s?? WOW! That is the single fastest speed I have ever gotten
>from the Livingston FTP site.. My average speed is between 1.0kB/s to
>2.0kB/s..

Gee guys, maybe it isn't connectivity at all but the router/net/server,
eh? FTP sites get hit pretty hard, and none of them are consistently
fast. Depends on time of day/who's on/what bandwidth they have etc, etc,
etc.