[ih] Comments re the packet radio discussion

[Dan Cross]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM Bob Purvy via Internet-history
<internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> I once heard that in Victorian England, at least some parts of it, the post
> was delivered four times a day. Thus you *could* carry on a lengthy debate
> with someone that only took a few days. Does anyone have a link to data
> like that?

I'm afraid I have no direct citations, but in "Dracula" (the Novel,
not one of the film adaptations) they make several references to the
post being delivered multiple times a day in London.

> I was also wondering what the average time was to get a Reply to a question
> under that system. Nowadays it *might *be only seconds sometimes, but for a
> lot of people the average email response time is still measured in days.

I suppose it was similar.  Some traffic would naturally be prioritized
over other traffic.  :-)

        - Dan C.