Re: Freeserve time, Home highway & linux

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:00

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Graham Murray <newspost@gmurray.org.uk> wrote:

> On the other hand, from the teleco's point of view, multiple,
> frequent, short connections are not a good scenario. Setting up a call
> uses much more exchange  resources than keeping a call active (which
> just ties up trunks and uses almost no processing power). So the
> telecos probably would not like the connect for 5s, idle for 15s,
> connect for 30s, idle for 2 mins, connect for 1 minute .... etc usage
> pattern. 

There are also complications using dynamic IP addressing. Effectivly 
packets can end up with nowhere to go and loads of extra ICMP messages
being generated.

-- 
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763

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From: Mark Evans <mpe@stpeters.eurobell.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Freeserve time, Home highway & linux
Date: 2000/06/29
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