> I've always wanted to ask you why FD cared what the connect
 > rate was?  Why do you do anything differently depending on
 > the connect rate?

Uh.. do you mean the "connect rate" established when the two
modems connect, or the "connect rate" in the nodelist? The former
is used in a few places (see message from MW), the latter isn't used much
anymore, except as a reference in a few places.

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