h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"Time was you could rely on the transatlantic two-cans-and-a-taut-string method, but these days it's as ropey as old socks. Our Internet Service Provider, bless it, is having problems being heard on the other side of the pond, so apologies if you've been experiencing delays with the site. We do hope you'll keep on trying.

We did suggest to our ISP that it should shout louder if it wanted to be heard in New York, but that didn't go down terribly well. Unlike the transatlantic connection, obviously..."



You should try Trans Pacific then Trans Atlantic tins cans & slack string - arrrrgggghhhhhhh

PS I was only joking when I said that WWW refers to WorldWideWait


;^)#

HA! That's nothing.
We once did a traceroute through our previous ISP (Cable Internet) and discovered that packets that were meant to be staying in the country were occasionally being routed via .mn hosts (that's Mongolia)

Become a CableInet packet and see the world!

-- Yoz

Well I'm sure that Mongolia has some of the finest step by step exchanges left in the world. Nothing like solid copper mechanical links & yaks' milk grease for enhanced throughput.

;^)#