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Re: Who mp3s



Strange as Lar's Hotline server is always super fast
for me...

Dave

--- Rich <legalize@xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <B7FCDBC5.1655%l.van.kammen@chello.nl>,
>     fox <l.van.kammen@chello.nl>  writes:
> 
> > Had this discussion once and I dont agree BUT; Its
> the only way if you want
> > to reach my server. Maybe annoying, but it does
> give one access to a lot of
> > boots (for the time being)
> 
> Yes, the only reason I tried to use it at all was to
> reach your
> server.  I don't think I could ever download a
> single file
> successfully from your server.  It was horribly slow
> and kept timing
> out on me.  There is no other reason for me to run
> 'hotline'.  The
> experience was frustrating and annoying enough that
> even though I'm
> missing out on what you offer on your server, I'm
> content with that.
> 
> I'm sure its quite fast for you accessing your own
> server, or you
> wouldn't have chosen that.  However, I feel that FTP
> is more
> universally accessible than a proprietary closed
> protocol like hotline
> that -requires- you to use their client.  Everything
> that hotline does
> is already supported by open non-proprietary
> standards like FTP, IRC,
> SMTP and NNTP.
> 
> PS: The guy who runs "who boots" (biff119456 aka
> Biff_meister) has
> been sending me CDRs of MP3s that I mirror on my FTP
> area.  XMission's
> FTP server is connected to a VERY FAT pipe and
> allows up to 100
> simultaneous users without slowing down.  Another
> shipment of CDRs is
> on its way, so the content will roll over soon.  We
> plan on rotating
> the mirrored content through my FTP area about 3-4
> times per year.
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