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From: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Periodic repostings (Was: arbitron program)
Message-ID: <1487@netsys.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 19:00:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 13 19:00:33 1987
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Reply-To: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose)
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  It would be nice to see them once in awhile (the maps) ,most sites I know
 can't get the complete set because some site in their path to a backbone cannot
 handle the large amount of traffic they would generate.

  I , like many others end up getting them from archive sites.

  Maybe it would be a good idea to have a few sites in the country as uucp map
 archive centers,in which case the responsibility (and cost) for transferring this
 massive amount of data would fall upon the site that actually needed them.Then we
 could transport diffs on the net,or update packages designed in such a way as to
 facilitate easy maintenance of the net topography.

  Not only would this save the net in general alot of money,but it may make it easier
 for all sites to obtain the bloody maps.This would only be true if there were enough
 sites willing to perform this service.I am sure that many of the anonymous source
 archive sites are providing the maps already,but there will be alot gained by making it
 "Official" .

  Has this been discussed before? If so,then my apologies.

 

Len Rose -* Netsys Public Access Network *- The East Coast Machine
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Len Rose -* Netsys Public Access Network *- The East Coast Machine
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