Re: NY ranks #1 in Internet b/w

Steve Wolff wrote:

Few folks I guess recall the dial-up line that ran westward from Beijing to Karlsruhe that functioned in the early-to-mid '80s. It ran at 300 baud. On good days. -s

It was an X.25 dial-up running at 9.6 kbit/s and was turned down 94/95 when IP connectivity to CN was well established. -- Arnold (former co-worker of Prof. Zorn)