Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:48:59 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Mike Newell <mnewell@newell.arlington.va.us> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961030114704.6567j-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961030074321.12305A-100000@bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Mike Newell wrote: > I have a couple of friends that have these, using the commercial network > connects. They see about 9.6Kbs throughput with MASSIVE packet delays - > on the order of seconds. They're OK if you use a POP/IMAP service or > want to use them for viewing Web stuff (although the 9.6Kbs throughput is > not impressive...), but for interactive stuff they're worse than going > through a satellite link. :-( Hmmm, I'm getting 33kBps with the port locked at 115kbps... > One of my friends was using his laptop in his living room to connect to > his main system in his study. Apparently he was connecting through the > DC hub, which routes him to Texas, then through SF to NASA's hub there, > then back to DC and to his house. Quite the whirlwind tour... :-) Hmmm, it has nothing to do with Ricochet since Metricom is on AlterNet but it sure must have been fun. =) Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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