rf <rf@invalid.com> wrote in news:QenJj.5837$n8.4510@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:


> The OP seems to think that the hole in the wall that his cat5 cable is
> plugged into is in direct and close connection to every host out there.
> Not so. Over her we *expect* a turnaround time of 300ms for *every*
> request we make to most of the rest of the world.

Er, this paragraph more correctly applies to whoever is talking about
latency in another thread/group.

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