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To: Tony Tam <ttam@mail.iidpwr.com>
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Subject: Re: SLIP speed 
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:28:09 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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In message <96Oct16.180701pdt.15362@mail.iidpwr.com>, Tony Tam writes:
>
>Hackers,
>
>     Could anybody tell me what is the minimum response time on an SLIP
>or PPP circuit in order to make TELNET works reliable?

About 1 minute I belive.

If you mean "acceptable" you want to get down into the 400ms regime.

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