On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 04:09:22PM -0800, Josh Bailey wrote:
[aisles of 7513s]
Sounds like one of Roger's buddies sold someone a line :) How many 7513s do you need to terminate a gig of international traffic? To be fair, China is (a) much closer to established fibre-rich nations, and (b) far more likely to attract dollar-laden investors, lured by its limitless supply of untapped, virgin consumers. However, I think the point about China's growth compared to NZ's is spot on. Anecdote, only barely related, mind you (bear in mind that when I left England about five years ago, Demon Internet had a 256k circuit to Sprint in New York, which supported about 10,000 customers. The world-wide-web was something that happened to other people) Just recently I had cause to phone up the police station in Bedford, England (where I used to live). I was after a summary of my records[1] in the police computer, so that I could keep the Canadian immigration[2] people well-fed with paper. Me: "Can you send the form to me? I'm in New Zealand." Plod: "Oh yes, no problem, we can send it anywhere in the world. Wait a minute - do you have e-mail?" Me: "Yes. It's jabley(a)patho.gen.nz[3]." Plod: "OK, I'll highlight the parts of the form you need to fill in, and send it to that address." xbiff: Beep! Me: "Bugger me, that was quick." Note that this is just the policeman that happened to be at the front desk when I called. No "oh, I'll put you through to our e-mail expert" or anything. And this is Bedford we're talking about, which is loosely equivilent to Masterton in NZ terms (no disrespect intended!) And to crown it all: Plod: "Do you have a PGP key signed by us?" Me: [pause] "No, actually." Plod: "Oh well, you'll need to send that back through the post then, because we can't accept it by e-mail." Joe [1] The record was blank. Just in case you were wondering. [2] I can jump ship just as easily as the next man. [3] Actually, "G-E-N..." "Jem? J-E-M?" "No, GEN. G-E-N." "OK, so that's "T A T H O.." "P. P A T" "I'm sorry, could you say that again?" "J A B..." [repeat until dead] -- Ua lawa küpono ka hakahaka pä o këia pä malule --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog