Re: Best 'net software

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From: Mike Lane
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:00

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In message <19960908.165456.93@fjukes.demon.co.uk> Frank Jukes wrote:

> What's the accumulated wisdom on the best software for 'net connection?
> 
> I'm currently using TCPIP, NewsBase, TTFN and ArcWeb and am not
> dissatisfied but wondered just how good the commercial packages are in
> comparison.
> 

My advice is to avoid the ANT suite if you download much news and/or mail, as
it is diabolically slow. You will be lucky if you get more than a quarter of
the download rate compared to TCPIP. 

ANT have cleverly concealed this fact by providing a 'transfer window' which
gives a ridiculously optimistic transfer rate 4 or 5 times greater than the
true figure. This seems to keep most ANT users happy.

Sorry if I'm ranting, but I've just spent 49 quid 'upgrading' to something
which I find virtually unuseable.

-- 
Regards, Mike

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From: mike@old-inn.demon.co.uk (Mike Lane)
Subject: Re: Best 'net software
Date: 1996/09/20
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