Re: The speed of communication

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 08:06:58 -0800

Hi Mike, Sruti,
At 04:53 AM 2/9/2016, Jules Mike Giovanni wrote:
>I agree that an exchange can take hours or days. Personally, the
>"delay" in receiving a response (part of the exchange), varies
>depending on the network and the user/service you are trying to
>contact. While there has been a leap in reducing the "delay" at the
>network level by increasing the speed at which information flows, we
>must not forget about the reliability aspect of the network itself.
>What will happen if an information never reaches the destination we
>are trying to contact? New advances will often cater for this issue
>by either re-sending the information or informing us or both but it
>might not always be the case.

There shouldn't be a delay due to the network being slow.

>Like Raksheeta pointed out in her blog, the internet is a
>facilitator. We do have other means/channels of transmitting
>information (sometimes in a more reliable fashion or at a greater
>speed). Relying on the internet solely is not always the best option and we

Is that done with a telephone?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sat Feb 13 2016 - 16:07:25 PST