Time Lag (was Re: Yet Another "(Fwd) Internet Euro-Clipper")

[patrick@Verity.COM (Patrick Horgan)]

> 
> At 12:20 PM 10/2/95, Peter Trei wrote:
> 
> >For those curious about the latency, I'm posting this at 12:08, on the US
> >east coast.
> >How long did it take to reach you?
> 
> I got it at 09:14, Pacific Daylight Time, so there appears to be no lag.

I got it at 11:53 PDT.  I just checked the headers and the delay was split
in a couple of places.  (Correcting all times for PDT)

thunk              -> 9:10  -> alcor.process.com. (And they're off and running!)
alcor.process.com. -> 9:10  -> toad.com.          (delivered in 0 time:)
toad.com.          -> 11:29 -> relay3.uu.net.     (Sat on toad 2hrs, 19 min)
relay3.uu.net.     -> 11:54 -> mail2.pilot.net.   (Sat on relay3 25 mins )
mail2.pilot.net.   -> 11:53 -> verity.com.        (delivered into the past!)

Of course these delays can vary a few minutes either way because of
inaccuracies of time clocks on various machines.

Patrick
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