7 Feb
2002
7 Feb
'02
6:32 p.m.
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
After aggravation with modem connects early in the
morning (around 4 or 5am),
I was wondering: it seems like the connections are somehow poorer at that
time -- are the lines lower-quality at off-peak hours?
Well, depending on what area you are in, and how good/poor/new/old your
telco's installed cables are, it could be that during certain times of the
day when there's peak traffic you get worse performance (resulting from
all sorts of factors including cross-talk, interference, even the
atmosphere). So at 4-5am I would expect better performance than during
peak telephone hours (normally 9-5ish).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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