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Andreas Karrer (karrer@ife.ee.ethz.ch) wrote:

: An 11 hop path is not at all unusual, even in a group with relatively
: low propagation. 30 hop paths are common in big-seven groups.

	Yes this is very true.

: on our server, the article in ch.general with the highest hop count
: currently has 18 hops. Its "Date:" header says it was posted on 10 Dec
: 14:23, and it arrived at elna.ethz.ch on Dec 10 16:26, two hours later.

	You are also getting feeds from Switch and the US, and since 
ch.general is mostly posted to by Swiss Citizens, you are correct.

: usenet diameter in a few hours, maybe a day. Longer delays usually mean
: that something is seriously wrong (such as the problem that Simon
: suspected). If such delays occur often, it probably means that the
: group does not have enough redundant channels for relieably
: propagation.


	Not always. It sometimes takes more than a day for some articles. 
If you would like to test to see how long it takes to post articles, go 
to alt.test and post a message. There are sites around the world that 
will send you back a message telling you how long it took.

	News is still news. If a site is getting just one feed, than they 
are probally not going to get every article and it will take more than 
one day. That is why sites get > 2 feeds, to fill in the gap and speed 
things up.

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