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Hello Roy - 

CA>> In countries where people pay for _all_ phone calls per
CA>> minute (even local) Agora can save some money. Being able
CA>> to download large files from a direct connect to a local
CA>> BBS is much more efficient than dealing with Internet
CA>> pauses and slow connects. 

RJT> Fido was designed from the ground up with connection
RJT> efficiency in mind, as the primary thing, it appears. 

I wasn't referring to FIDO, just any BBS using any software. 

CA>> In the USA we get a certain number of local calls for
CA>> 'free' included with our base charge for just having a
CA>> telephone. Americans probably don't notice how long it can
CA>> take for a GUI browser to 'render' the display after it
CA>> has downloaded all the data required. 

RJT> The hell I don't! I've got better things to do than sit
RJT> here waiting for somebody's idea of a good page to finish
RJT> loading. I was looking over a list of local business links
RJT> earlier this evening, and if a page doesn't come
RJT> completely up in a minute or so, I'm gone. 

The 'target' for HTML pages is supposed to be 23 seconds to
load and display (or less). 

RJT> I expect this sort of thing is used to justify faster
RJT> connections, making the ISPs more money, but I like to be
RJT> able to take what I've got and use it efficiently. 

No, not really. There is no direct subsidy between those who
put up websites and ISPs (usually). 

RJT> Besides that, the more I tie up my phone line with a
RJT> protocol that doesn't consider connect time, the less
RJT> chance that same phone line has to serve my bbs callers. 

Sounds like you need an Agora server. :-) 

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