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RE: Fw: Herald article, Security and Napster

From: Chris Brewer <chrisbrewer_at_paradise.net.nz>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:19:47 +1300
Message-ID: <71B0699CA971D4118B9A000629F5F8F86D60@DULLBOOT>

> %> But in Napster you can select your connection speed. I always
> %> say that I'm
> %> on a 14.4 modem. Quite a few people do this. When I searched for
> %> a song and
> %> can't get a good download from the T1/3, cable, etc. I go for
> %> 14.4's or the
> %> unknowns. I can get some good speeds out of them. If you
> want to keep
> %> Napster going, but want to discourage people using it, set your
> %> connect to
> %> 33.6k - it's more realistic than 14.4.
>
> If youre like me you ignore their connect speed.. and work
> off ping time

Doesn't help when ping times listed are all exactly the same, with a few
exceptions. Unless of course you're talking about pinging the hosts
themselves...

Chris.

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Received on Wed Nov 29 12:09:30 2000


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