[19666] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More on video
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Anderson)
Mon Sep 21 12:35:25 1998
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:24:58 -0400
To: "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>, nanog@merit.edu, sgittlen@nww.com
From: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
At 06:17 PM 9/18/98 -0700, Sean M. Doran wrote:
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>Sandra Gittlen wrote:
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>| In addition to the sheer size of the file, one issue is how to
>| maintain a user's link for up to four hours. The Internet was
>| not designed for such stateful connections.
>
>Stateful connections?
>
>Do you mean "long-lasting bulk-transfers"?
No, I think she means modem connections. Lots of cheap modems on poor
quality lines won't stay up that long reliably. Many people perceive the
internet through an unreliable modem connection.
--Dean
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