Subject: Re: Please read this. (Re: SUP and FTP errors)
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM>
From: Eric S. Hvozda <hvozda@netcom.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/23/1996 16:24:31
On Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:13:52 -0600 (CST)  scottr@plexus.com wrote:
> It was determined some time ago problems with a certain router between
> many hosts on the West Coast of the US and the rest of the world.  If you
> happen to be fortunate enough to have your traffic go through this router,
> it will eventually choke on a "magic bit pattern" that _will_ get
> corrupted.  (This problem affects Netcom, as well, by the way... a site
> that undoubtably gets far more traffic.)

Ah, but people expect this kind of lossage from Netcom.  Well at least I have
as a subscriber.  It's sad that this problem persists and yet the people
who own the hardware haven't corrected it yet :-(