[Cialug] How the Internet works

[David Champion]

Claus wrote:
>> But, largely, this is a list by and for geeks.
> 
> 
> With that I would like to add that it's about Linux not about Internet 
> service providers.  While there are a few Internet service providers are 
> on the list there are probably also several people that don't know the 
> inner workings of the Internet infrastructures.
> 
> The initial post didn't had any value in them and are just insults much 
> like the blog posting.  I'm here on this list to learn.  It's fine to 
> point out my faults and stupidness by correcting me.  But I just don't 
> care for people saying xyz is an idiot.  Post arguments and don't be an 
> idiot yourself.
> 
>   Claus

Just IMHO, but I think you're over-reacting. The Senator was talking 
nonsense, and I think it is justified to point it out.

As far as the issue about emails taking 4 days to be delivered - that 
has nothing to do with how congested "the internet" is, and everything 
to do with how the individual ISP handles incoming mail. I've seen this 
behaviour with several of the larger ISP's - messages to them will sit 
in my outgoing mail queue for days before they finally get accepted.

-dc