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Thread ID: 54625 2005-02-17 19:33:00 Long lag time before post appears... LitanyWebb (7351) Press F1
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325961 2005-02-17 19:33:00 Help!

I'm on an extended hiking trip and am using a satellite uplink to post my diary entries to my blog. Almost daily, it takes FOREVER for the post to appear online, sometimes not till the next day.

The satellite company claims the delay is not on their end, but I have my doubts. Is there a way to track down what is causing the lag?

Thanks!!
Litany Webb

http://litanywebb.blogspot.com/
LitanyWebb (7351)
325962 2005-02-17 19:36:00 It can't be them - network traffic's not like water.

You can't just "hold" traffic somewhere and then send it on later like turning a tap on and off. It either succeeds or dies - packets only have a certain time to live before they stop bouncing around the place.

What it might be is the cache machines of the ISP you're viewing the page through caching pages. Try using CTRL+Refresh in your browser.
ninja (1671)
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