Subj : Re: Telnet/Rlogin speed?
To   : Kirkman
From : Vk3jed
Date : Thu May 24 2018 02:14 pm

-=> Kirkman wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Vk> It's quite instructive to do an Internet speed test at a server on the
Vk> other side of the world. Ahile I may get up to 80 Mbps from the nearest
Vk> servers, I only get 3-5Mbps from servers in continental Europe.

Ki> Fair point, but 3-5Mbps is still an order of magnitude beyond a
Ki> retrocomputer on a Lantronix at 57.6 or 19.2 kbps.

True, but it's also conceivable that domestic - domestic paths are slower.
Remember, that test was to a high bandwidth server, not a home DSL connection.


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