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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com (Dave Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: TCP/IP  UUCP  (was:Re: Amiga Bashers)
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Date: 24 Sep 90 13:48:44 GMT
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> 	One question about ProLine that I have is this though: Does every
> ProLine site in the country have to call up that one gateway (thus 
> messages get out/in daily or hourly or whatever but potentially HUGE phone
> bills) or do messages 'jump' from one node to the next (thus possibly
> days or WEEKS until a message gets out/in)???

No, every site in the country doesn't have to call up that one gateway.  In
actuality, there is more than one gateway.  Messages do jump from one node to
another but messages don't take days or weeks.  Delay is usually measured  
in hours not days.  Mail is exchanged between Proline sites during evenings
and weekends when long distance costs are low.
 
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