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From: [e-mail] (Kevin W Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Pagestream Patches
Date: 15 Mar 1996 16:00:07 -0800
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>Why is there always a delay before Pagestream patches are uploaded to
>the Aminet?
>
>I can not think of any logic behind delaying of uploading the patches:-
>
>  - International users are disadvantaged by high costs for phone calls
>    to the BBS.
>  - Many people don't have a modem, but do know someone on the Internet
>    that could download the patches for them.
>  - The BBS is very unreliable - hard to get through to and suffers from
>    data errors at times.
>
>
Brian, there was a 12 hour delay between when the files were uploaded to
the BBS and the time they were uploaded to Aminet. There would have
been no delay, except that as soon as the patch was released, all the
lines into the BBS went busy so I couldn't get in.

I have no explanation from Aminet as to why they have not made the
patches available except that I know that aminet.com has had some
system problems.

I have taken steps to locate an alternative anonymous FTP site to
hold PageStream patches, as we have had these problems with Aminet
for the last two releases.

Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
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