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Re: Speed?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:04:26 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.*nomorespam*org
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Richard Franks <richard@__no_spam_please_im_veggie__spider.com> wrote:
> First of all - the newsgroups are really groovy :) Although I'm getting
> a slower connection now that America has woken up - I'm getting ~100-500
> bytes/sec in Scotland. Is this just because my ISP connection is crappy
> or is it a side affect of being so far away? *sniff*
Todd -- are you open to the idea of creating an actual LUGnet news network?
This would be good for people in far-flung places, and reduce _your_ load.
I realize that it causes issues with centralized control, etc., but as long
as you only allow good, known servers into the network....
I also realize this probably isn't something you want to do right now, but
it might be good for the future.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) The easiest way for this to occur wouldn't require any work on Todd's part at all. Someone in Europe could install a caching NNTP server (such as nntpcache or dnews) and set up lugnet as a parent server. The (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Speed?
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| (...) Yuck. That takes away one of my favorite things about news here. Instant access to other people's posts. I understand the concern about one location, etc, that you have, but I'm just not that worried about it. Todd and Suz are young, appear to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| First of all - the newsgroups are really groovy :) Although I'm getting a slower connection now that America has woken up - I'm getting ~100-500 bytes/sec in Scotland. Is this just because my ISP connection is crappy or is it a side affect of being (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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