dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) (05/02/89)
It is with some sadness that I report that lsuc has now become a leaf node. We stopped feeding ncrcan as of yesterday. We still supply a small feed to ecicrl, and forward "can,ont,tor" to lots of local sites. The change is a direct result of the volume of news. Our kernel can't handle input at >1200 baud, and we were tying up two telephone lines almost permanently with our infeed (attcan) and ncrcan. I'll be cutting out some high-volume groups as a way of reducing the infeed phone time. This change doesn't affect our ability to handle mail traffic for the 51 sites we talk to (it'll improve it, in fact). David Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada -- Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan att utzoo }!lsuc!dave dave%lsuc@ai.toronto.edu
bob@attcan.UUCP (Bob Kyryliuk) (05/26/89)
In article <1989May2.164034.25078@lsuc.uucp>, dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) writes: > > It is with some sadness that I report that lsuc has now become > a leaf node. We stopped feeding ncrcan as of yesterday. We > still supply a small feed to ecicrl, and forward "can,ont,tor" > to lots of local sites. > > The change is a direct result of the volume of news. Our kernel > can't handle input at >1200 baud, and we were tying up two telephone > lines almost permanently with our infeed (attcan) and ncrcan. > I'll be cutting out some high-volume groups as a way of reducing > the infeed phone time. > This change doesn't affect our ability to handle mail traffic > for the 51 sites we talk to (it'll improve it, in fact). The upside to the recent departure of lsuc as a gateway is that ncrcan now gets a full feed at 2400 baud directly from attcan rather than being at the end of the 1200 baud transfers through lsuc. Obviously, this means that ncrcan and its numerous downstream sites will get news quicker. The transfer from attcan to ncrcan will occur in one quarter the time (ie one 2400 baud transfer rather than two 1200 baud transfers). As time goes on, USENET continues to evolve, use newer technology, and get more efficient, as it strives to support the ever-increasing volume of traffic :-) Although I've not being a vocal USENET poster in the past, I'd like to thank the Law Society of Upper Canada for the role that 'lsuc' has played in the history of the Canadian news network and to Dave for his years of contribution to that cause. Regards, Bob -- Bob Kyryliuk PHONE: (416) 756-5183 Manager, Special Projects National Technical Support AT&T MAIL: ..!attmail!bkyryliuk AT&T Canada Inc. UUCP:{att|cuuxb|uunet|utzoo}!attcan!bob