alek@spatial.com ( Alek O. Komarnitsky ) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun8.210644.4897@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: > > Does anyone know if UUNET is going to get an upgrade soon? I know >about their recent upgrade, but I've been experiencing severe delays when >communicating with them -- sometimes so severe my machine timeouts and >stops talking. > It sounds like their Sequent is all decked out and can't be >upgraded any further. Is this true? What I was thinking would be beneficial >for them is if they split into two or three hub computers, rather than >just their main one. They could place these computers around the U.S. >in strategic locations (kind of like major-POPs). > This would be beneficial for them since it would reduce the >load on any one machine. If they NFS mounted their files across the >network, then they wouldn't have to have their whole archive on one >computer too. > I think it's time UUNET expanded. What do you others think? >Replies to comp.mail.uucp or news.admin please, I want to get a >discussion going. How about using a local feed? Another posting discussed feeds from the local University. For those not-so-non-profit organizations, my impression is that there are other sources available - are the PSI's of the world really that bad/expensive? We have the Colorado Supernet locally which looks very promising and seems reasonably priced. Although I hope to continue getting our news feed from a friendly neighbor, we will probably switch our E-mail over to CSN soon. I would hope that as additional funding (ala Gore's bill) becomes available, more and more regional hubs will be opened up with relaxed restrictions. Alek Komarnitsky 303-449-0649 Software Tools Manager, Spatial Technology, Inc. 2425 55th Street, Bldg A alek@spatial.com Boulder, CO 80301-5704 P.S. Ok co.general, my apologies for not including a Miller Moth/etc. story. But I think the guys from Golden have a good thing going.