[50mhz] Re: 50mhz EL29-EN23

[W9FS@aol.com]

I may stand corrected to my earlier reply ref: ISP speed please read what 
someone sent me. I know things have changed data circuits operating faster 
and faster. I'm still trying to understand sonet, OC3, DS1,2,3, etc. I do 
have 20 min delay sometimes from the server at work to AOL when sending 
e-mail. I never said, at least I don't think I said I was having problems. I 
can live with it. I can tell you this fiber cable cuts and server problems 
could delay your e-mail up to several days. That don't happen often. Thank 
God.



Jerry

You should get a new ISP if it is taking that long for your e-mail traffic
to be sent out.  I operate an ISP and the round trip for our e-mail traffic
is usually less than 10 secs.  I just got back from Russia and the e-mail
exchanges with several people through various ISPs never took more than
10-15 seconds.  The only delay that will enter into the speed you receive
your e-mail at will be the frequency you check your mail.  If you set you
browser for checking once a minute, then you will receive everything sent to
you within one minute.

Your statement about holding an e-mail "up to 8 hours waiting for a packet
big enough to send out" doesn't make sense.  When you send an e-mail, the
packets, TCP-IP, originate in your computer.  The ISP is only resending or
retransmitting the TCP-IP packets that you send.  I don't mean for this
reply to be Internet 101 but I don't think you understand how the Internet
mail system and packet handling works.  You may want to give your ISP a call
and they may help you get a better understanding of how it works.

As far as the reflector vs. clusters goes, the clusters may or may not be
more efficient.  The e-mail posting off the reflector will be just as fast
or maybe faster because it is real time to the degree of the reflector
server loading (and as I understand, this reflector has just got a new
server and is very fast now.)

signed