Autzoo.680
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utzoo!henry
Mon Jun  1 17:34:35 1981
network users beware
People using the Usenet connection for mail etc. should be aware that
our connection is via a 2000-km long-distance call at 300 baud, which
is NOT an appropriate communications channel for shipping, say, The
Complete Works of Isaac Asimov.  Not only do bulk transfers result in
high long-distance bills (which are real money and cannot simply be
shrugged off as "system overhead"), but they also have a considerable
cost in the time expended by the people (i.e., me) who have to babysit
the connection while it's active.  If either of these costs gets
excessive, unpleasant and undesirable restrictions will have to be
placed on net usage.

P.S. Don't assume from the volume of traffic that comes through on
the network news right now that a few more thousand words won't be
noticed;  I expect we will have to cut back sharply on the news
traffic as soon as the bureaucrats see this month's phone bill.

P.P.S. A reasonable estimate for network throughput is 1500 bytes/minute.