• Charlie Stross@wandering.shop
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    2 days ago

    @V0ldek @techtakes If you want high latency, nothing beats telnet from the UK to a server in California via a comsat in GEO back in the early 90s when the trans-Atlantic cable circuit was down. A three-phase TCP exchange has to crawl up to GEO, 35,000km above the equator, and back down *three times*, never mind the surface level routing.

    Gave me a strong appreciation for Berkeley vi’s designed-in ability to cope with slow modems.