>  On 11-23-97 TOM BELL wrote to CHRIS WILSON...
 > TB> Any dos text-only program that doesn't have the svga requirement?
 > I tried the inet a couple years ago with an ordinary dos
 > Termcomm.
 > when i logged onto BBSes that were on the web, they came up in
 > the
 > normal color ANSI, viewable on CGA.  However: one of the
 > reasons I
 > gave it up, was that the file transfer rates ran around 900
 > cps; I
 > had been using my new 28800 to log in direct to the same
 > BBSes. In
 > that method, the transfer rates were 2400.
This depends on how far away you are to the BBS, their connection speed to 
the Internet, network traffic, ISP traffic and many other specific things.
Eg:
 I log onto a BBS in the United states (I'm in Australia), it gets CPS rates 
of around a 9600 modem speed (ISDN 128K connect + My ISP has 1 ISDN 56K 
linkup for every 2 33600 modems).
But, I log onto my friends BBS via the Internet (Is about 30 minutes drive 
from my house), get approx 3200CPS for download.
My ISP and me are both within 1 KM (About 0.35Miles away) from the local 
telephone exchange.
It all depends on different characteristics on your ISP, Destination and 
related stuff.
Dont forget, using Telnet on the Net, is like routed fidonet netmail, each 
computer acts like a hub, and sends it to the next computer and so on.
eg:
>>YOU>COMPUTER1>COMPUTER2>COMPUTER3<<_
-------------------------------------------------------|
|--->>DESTINATION<<
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ImmortalNet Co-ordinator
... Does history record any case where a majority was right?
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