Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ccicpg!cracraft From: cracraft@ccicpg.UUCP (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Internet Uselessness Message-ID: <1168@ccicpg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 12:24:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ccicpg.1168 Posted: Fri Jul 10 12:24:37 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 12:32:11 EDT References: <8707090344.aa02151@SEM.BRL.ARPA> Reply-To: cracraft@ccicpg.UUCP (Stuart Cracraft) Distribution: world Organization: CCI CPG, Irvine CA Lines: 26 In article <8707090344.aa02151@SEM.BRL.ARPA> dpk@BRL.ARPA (Doug Kingston) writes: >Well, I am again trying to use the Internet to accomplish real >work and finding it almost impossible due to the almost none-existent >throughput. > There have been some real performance problems lately. Multi-second delays between characters on TAC access from a TAC local to the area code of the destination host. >Lest some of you misunderstand, there are parts of the Internet >that are reasonably healthy, such as the MILNET proper... >But the MILNET is only a part of the much larger Internet. >The MILNET alone is of little use to us if we cannot talk >successfully to the rest of the Internet. > The situation described above occurred on a MILNET TAC. Response from NIC and the host (a central hub) indicated that it was a known problem that BBN is actively working on. TAC performance has improved somewhat since then though multi-second delays still occur, frequently. >... >Who do we have to push to get this fixed? Talk with NIC and BBN. Stuart