On Monday 05 October 2015 22:28:58 Mike Bird wrote:
> I've spent half of my life in the UK and half in the US.  
I don't see the relevance of that.  DSL isn't very old, so it makes a 
difference which half and how old you are.  You may have no experience at all 
of DSL in the UK.  Besides, DSL is totally irrelevant.

> I seriously 
> doubt that US DSL connections are significantly less reliable than UK
> DSL connections.  Generally more expensive, but not much difference in
> reliability.

I answered that, then deleted it because I realised that it is completely 
irrelevant.

If you think in terms of DSL in this context, then you have encapsulated the 
problem, and no wonder there are problems.  It is the 21st Century now, not 
the 20th.  Is Tim on DSL?  How on earth does he manage a modern server farm 
on DSL????  With difficulty would seem to be the answer.  DSL is slow and 
unreliable.  We have the answer.

Lisi