On 01/02/2013 08:19 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Tim
<ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 29 December 2012, Joel Rees sent:
>> I'm beginning to think the ISP has throttled me for yum.
> Could just be the time of the year, with more traffic than usual.
Definitely a possibility, particularly considering the timing. New
Year's morning here was impossible.
But not for the whole net.
Read in the newspapers there were some attacks in progress in the
Chinese segment around that time, so that might have also been part of
it.
I live in Taiwan and work with folks in China. No problems for me to connect and transfer
files. Also, my wife watches streaming video from China and she has had no problems
during the times you were citing. I avoided making any comments at that time since this
lists isn't a forum for political or country bashing. Even though they may not
comment on this list, please note that folks in countries being bashed do read this list
and some of them may take offense.
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