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From: SRA@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Rob Austein)
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Subject: Something has changed dramatically
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Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 12:31:00 EDT
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The third transcontinental link (MIT77 <=> SRI51) came online about
two weeks ago.  I noticed a serious DECREASE in performance just after
the link came up, but now I too am seeing a major performance
improvement (it's been a long time since I could FTP from MIT to
Stanford at noon on a Friday!).

My guess is that there were some initial tuning problems after the new
link came up; not too surprising given that this is a satellite bounce
instead of a land line.

Presumably somebody at BBN can give a more detailed report.

--Rob