I'm not quite sure what is going on, or how this will affect "Joe and
Susie Newbie."
 
I have heard a lot of people here and elsewhere make some assumptions
about what will happen in the weeks ahead. The following are some of
the assumptions that I have heard.
 
Are these assumptions correct?
 
     1. If UGA gets flooded with INTERBIT traffic, UGA's mainframes will
        start to slow down from the load. If UGA's mainframes slow, Bitnet
        mail routed through UGA will also slow because the mainframes will
        be preoccupied with INTERBIT traffic.
 
     2. If Bitnet mail through UGA slows, Bitnet mail net-wide will slow.
 
     3. If UGA crashes from the load, Bitnet will crash too.
 
     4. Bitnet users subscribed to LISTSERV lists at non-Bitnet sites
        (e.g. Texas A&M) will see a noticeable delay in mail delivery
        to and from the list.
 
     5. Internet users who used the percent hack to subscribe to a LISTSERV
        list at a Bitnet site will also experience delays.
 
     6. A big majority of the INTERBIT traffic is actually from sites
        such as CompuServe and AOL who subscribe to Bitnet list addresses.
 
     7. The natural consequence of all of this is that if the big net
        trafficers moved up to Listproc or LISTSERV TCP/IP then the
        INTERBIT problem would be severely reduced.
 
     8. If the big users are forced off of the Bitnet, they will
        abandon the Bitnet -- and CREN -- altogether.
 
 
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