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Re: attachment policy
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jun 2, 00:31 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jun 2, 00:31 -0400
Zed wrote > A 9600bps modem is capable of downloads in the region of 0.6 KiloBytes > per second, so a 25kb attachment would take approximately 42 seconds > to download. That sounds reasonable to me. Most dial ups are rated at 56 (download, half that for uploads) these days, although slower in practice due to connection quality, error checking and FCC limits. If we don't go nuts with attachments and cause a 10 minute download time in the morning, it works for me. Bill
