G'day Eric,

Eric Ooms wrote in a message to All:

 EO> I happened to be reading a computer magazine when I saw an
 EO> article on the "Information Super-Highway". As the article
 EO> correctly suggested there is no way the WWW could be called
 EO> the "Information super Highway" It's much more like an
 EO> "Information Super Footpath". According to the article -
 EO> even if you have a 28.8 modem, at peak hour you may recieve
 EO> files at 300bps. The article continued it correctly state
 EO> that there was not enough DIRECT links across the world -
 EO> especially to USA.

Too true. On some ISPs acessing sites in Australia is quite fast, but you
always lose out when going to an O/S site...

 EO> I have to agree totally to this and think that the large
 EO> service providers are not doing their job. The public has to
 EO> demand more direct overseas links and faster respose times!

Well, we can demand all we want, but who is going to pay for such a link!
As I recall, Tel$tra now owns/operates the old AARNET link, which is the
only one we have. It does get upgraded every now and then, but never
matches the increase in net users. Just think how much it would cost to lay
a cable from Oz to the US say??? I can think only the government could
easily foot that bill, and well, they couldn't give a stuff...

 EO> I don't know if you all agree - some providers might be
 EO> faster than others but ones I have seen are much too slow -
 EO> you spend so much time waiting for a large page to arrive
 EO> it's not worth the cost!

Well, it just depends where you look. Somewhere like OzEmail is running a
64k link to connect.com, and probably has 50 people on-line at once??
Whereas other ISPs have 64k links with only a few people on at once...
Just look around, but remember, TANSTAAFL!

Cheers,
Roger 
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