Posting propagation delays

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Fri Oct 10 10:06:31 2003

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Jay West wrote:

> It was written....
> > > I am moderately curious why it is taking one to five (or more)
> > hours for

[snp]


> late. Not to mention the fact that... well, perhaps I am a little irked that
> people think a 10 minute post to receive cycle is slow.


  Okay - now this gets slightly out of hand - so: I have been subscribed
to classiccmp since... 97? 98? don't remember, and from Netcom (who I was
with from 91 til 00 when they dropped shell services) then Panix. No
cable, no DNS wierdness - just dial-up into a Unix shell account running
Pine.

  And my question was - recently (last couple of months) it has taken
several *hours* (not 10 minutes) for a post I make to classicmp to be
'visible' on my mail stream.

  And it was just a curious question - this is a *hobby*, not
real-time-chat, or a stock-quote service... it really doesn't matter much,
unless someone posts a Juicy Bit that I really want, and by the time my
generous offer hits the System... no one can even remember what I'm
talking about... ;{}

  So before the chorus of disapproval clucking swells into mob violence,
that's what I (and others, it would seem - Marvin Johnston for instance)
have notices. No criticism, no sniping, just curious.


  Cheers

John
Received on Fri Oct 10 2003 - 10:06:31 BST