Message-ID: <v0213050cad9e5ba031bf@[196.20.30.2]> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 10:39:04 +0100 From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <mailto:el@LISSE.NA> Subject: We are not alone, or: Internet Influence on rural development To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Hi all,look at the following log extracs (in particular times, sizes and bps):
>uux grumpy el (1996-04-20 09:54:02.53 10113) Queuing ncftp -r -d 600 -g 20 -c >ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/
k/mm4515.pdf (D.X035U) >uux grumpy el (1996-04-20 09:54:42.16 10114) Queuing ncftp -r -d 600 -g 20 -c >ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/
s/ss4502.pdf (D.X035W) >uucico grumpy el (1996-04-20 09:55:16.74 10161) Sending D.X035U (133 bytes)
>uucico grumpy el (1996-04-20 09:55:17.70 10161) Sending D.X035W (133 bytes)
>uucico grumpy el (1996-04-20 10:04:31.02 10193) Receiving /usr/spool/uucppublic/mm4515.pdf (199754 bytes)
>uucico grumpy el (1996-04-20 10:06:26.61 10193) Receiving /usr/spool/uucppublic/ss4502.pdf (272547 bytes)
>uucico grumpy - (1996-04-20 10:09:01.04 10193) Call complete (272 seconds 472301 bytes 1736 bps)
This translates into that a medical practitioner in an African District Hospital who has UUCP access via 14400 bps modem only can receive this week's US Epidemiology data from the Internet within 15 minutes on a Saturday morning.
The implications are staggering.
el
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