Subj : Maximus on Solaris 10
To   : mark lewis
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Sat Apr 14 2007 09:41 am

Hello mark.

12 Apr 07 00:10, you wrote to Mvan Le:


MvLe>> I thought if you were in the US you'd be getting 24 - 30 mbits
MvLe>> for peanuts. I must have it all wrong about the priority
MvLe>> governments place on broadband there in the states.

ml> errrmmm... ya need to look at those origin lines a bit closer...
ml> russell is in zone 5 which is africa... more specifically, he is in
ml> Free State, South Africa (as his origin line states) ;)

ml> 9600baud radio modem connections carrying TCPIP (instead of UUCP or
ml> even FIDO) are common methods of networking and communications over
ml> there... TCPIP has a huge overhead when compared to UUCP and FIDO... i
ml> can't even imagine working with it over a 9600baud radio link!

Very few of those left here, but further north, it is still a reality ...
<sigh>

Russell

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