From ereyes@uni-hamburg.de Sat Mar 12 07:27:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!ereyes From: ereyes@uni-hamburg.de (Elaine Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar12.072757.3550@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 07:27:57 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- Elaine Reyes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From fokonkwo@pacbell.net Sun Mar 13 05:14:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!fokonkwo From: fokonkwo@pacbell.net (Fiona Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar13.051457.6440@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 05:14:57 GMT References: <1994Mar12.072757.3550@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar12.072757.3550@uni-hamburg.de>, ereyes@uni-hamburg.de (Elaine Reyes) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Fiona Okonkwo Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From asuzuki@utexas.edu Tue Mar 15 03:56:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!asuzuki From: asuzuki@utexas.edu (Andrei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar15.035657.7346@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 03:56:57 GMT References: <1994Mar12.072757.3550@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Mar13.051457.6440@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar13.051457.6440@pacbell.net>, fokonkwo@pacbell.net (Fiona Okonkwo) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- === Andrei Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke." From rokonkwo@clari.net Wed Mar 16 20:12:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!rokonkwo From: rokonkwo@clari.net (Raj Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar16.201257.5366@clari.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 20:12:57 GMT References: <1994Mar12.072757.3550@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Mar13.051457.6440@pacbell.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar13.051457.6440@pacbell.net>, fokonkwo@pacbell.net (Fiona Okonkwo) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Raj Okonkwo -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."