Consider the incoming directory on my local news host: ... Strictly speaking, you've really only demonstrated

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <9502012323.AA00271@toad.com>, <kevin@elvis.wicat.com> wrote: that there are a lot of poorly connected sites on the USENET. The primary characteristic that really needs to be considered is the time for news to reach one remailer site from another. My experience is that new propogation is fast enough that close to real-time conversations happen all the time. I take part in them on the newsgroups I still read and observe them all the time. I don't have a ready explanation for why my experience differs so much from yours. The worst-connected site I've ever read from was 9 mo.s ago with a batched feed from uunet. Even then the vast majority of posts I saw were from the day just ending. What are other people seeing as news delays? - -- Todd Masco | "life without caution/ the only worth living / love for a man/ cactus@hks.net | love for a woman/ love for the facts/ protectless" - A Rich Cactus' Homepage - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBLzAmeSoZzwIn1bdtAQHHiwGAxL13i5YYjZxREU1XwnAp81+XWgir7H92 enbDeqFQwjddTeEgHX+fKZWoZJBe4wy6 =pmE5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----