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From: hans@ditmela.oz (Hans Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: World record furthest telnet: Australia -> Sweden
Message-ID: <5841@ditmela.oz>
Date: 25 Jun 89 23:54:55 GMT
Reply-To: hans@ditmela.UUCP (Hans Eriksson)
Organization: CSIRO/DIT, Melbourne, Australia (on leave from SICS, Sweden)
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I beleive I can claim the (current) world record for the furthest
telnet login: Melbourne -> Stockholm.

This weekend the IP-link between Hawaii and Australia (Melbourne Uni)
finally came up. A couple of minutes ago I telnetted to my old host
back home (re.sics.se) and read my news. Sloooow, but nevertheless
working.

According to my MacII the distance is around 15,600 km. But that is
via Asia. Via America I guess it around 22,000 km.

/hans

P.S. On a "silent" weekend, I might try a nfs mount...
-- 
Hans Eriksson (hans@ditmela.oz.au)
CSIRO/DIT, 55 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia (we are GMT+10)
Tel: +61 3 347-8644 Fax: +61 3 347-8987 Home: +61 3 534-5188
On a years leave from Swedish Institute of Computer Science (hans@sics.se)