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From: SY.FDC@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: speed difference between upload and download using kermit?
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Date: Mon, 19-May-86 13:31:44 EDT
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The speed difference you observe is not the normal behavior of Kermit.
It's probably caused by the network.  Many network terminal concentrators,
statistical multiplers, and similar devices allocate much higher bandwidth
in the host-to-terminal direction than in the terminal-to-host direction
on the assumption that the data coming from the "terminal" consists only of
human keystrokes, whereas the host is capable of spewing forth vast amounts
of data in response to a short command.  Of course, when the terminal is
really a PC running a file transfer program like Kermit, this assumption is
very wrong.
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