Re: NEWSWire/400-11.04.98

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From: Stone Brad V TC <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>


>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Crosby [SMTP:jlcrosby@fwi.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 12:44 PM
>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject: Re: NEWSWire/400-11.04.98
>>
>> "Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
>>
>> > I use the MC forums regularily.  I don't remember having to wait more
>> than
>> > 20 seconds for any message.  Maybe a T1 line helps, but even at home
>> with
>> > dialup it's not that bad.
>>
>> "20 seconds"  Now contrast that with newsgroups.
>>
>> --
>> -Jeff
>>
>> jlcrosby@fwi.com
>>
> [And Brad Said:]  That's a worst case scenario.  Average for me is
>around 3 seconds.  And comparing it to newsgroups is like apples to
oranges.
>Actually, now that I think about it, when I download the headers for
>comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc, it takes an average of 20 seconds for 150 headers.
>Then, to retrieve the message text, it takes about 3 seconds as well...
>
> So, on the average, they're really not that different.

They're a LOT different for me, since I download newsgroup messages in the
background while I do other things, then read them and compose replies
offline.  Since I use Outlook Express for both newsgroups and e-mail, the
interface to both is nearly identical, and equally convenient.  I've yet to
see a Web forum that even comes close.

--
Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC (just down the road from BMW -
Bubba Makes Wheels :)
The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm sufficiently
persuasive...


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