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From: hayes@Apple.COM (Jimmy Joe Jim Bob)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: WANTED: America Online OPINIONS
Message-ID: <53210@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 22 May 91 07:04:12 GMT
References: <1991May21.160855.21767@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <1991May22.065212.29985@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., ECO Networking Group
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Rodney Jacks writes:
>My primary interest is in downloading free or shareware programs.  
>Does America Online have a large archive?  How easy is the navigation
>software to use?  Any other comments?

One important thing to note:  Downloading is done within the AOL
application using a sliding-window protocol which saturates the link to
100%.  A constant flow of data means faster downloading and less $.
I've been very impressed by the speed.

-- 
Jim Hayes, Network Management Weenie
Engineering Network Services, Apple Computer Inc.

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