From flaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jun 22 17:30:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!flaurent From: flaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun22.173056.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 17:30:56 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Fiona Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tito@delphi.com Fri Jun 24 16:29:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!tito From: tito@delphi.com (Tomas Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun24.162956.1809@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 16:29:56 GMT References: <1994Jun22.173056.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun22.173056.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, flaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Laurent) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Tomas Ito Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."