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From: john@oceania.com (John Robison)
Newsgroups: uunet.forum
Subject: Re: Telebit line rates
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Date: 5 Aug 92 22:24:30 GMT
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Jim Logan writes
> In article <8kVZoB1w164w@coldbox.cojones.com> system@coldbox.cojones.com
> (Bryan Lockwood) writes:
> # 
> # My problem is that I seem to get pretty good cps on files going TO  
uunet, but
> # files being received FROM uunet are always much slower. Averages:
> # 
> # ~1300 cps sending files TO uunet
> # ~350 cps receiving files FROM uunet
> # 
> 
> I have one year's worth of CPS rates for sending and receiving in
> PEP mode with UUCP spoofing enabled.  My rates are comparable to
> yours, although, once in a blue moon, I do seem to get over 1200
> CPS to UUNET.  
>
Actually, I remember this discussion taking place (here?) a few
months ago. The consensus was that uunet seens to send things
slow. Very slow. I tried a less scientific method - actually
looking at the modem lights while running tail -f on the uulog file.

It seems that the uunet delay is in the *interfile* times, not
the actual transfer. Seems that uunet has such a large directory
tree that it takes a *long* time for their uucico to locate
the next job. I mention this because it seems that very large
files move across at a much faster clip. Unfortunately, the
majority of uucp jobs here are small mail messages.

I also (vaguely) remember a response from uunet something
like "we are looking into that".

For a reference point, we connect to the "local annex" line
in Palo Alto, CA. Supposedly a direct connect to the 800 number
has faster throughput.

Just a few more data points.

John
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