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> To drop my $0.02... unless something totally unexpected comes out of
> telnet, I would expect it to never catch up with the performance of the
> VT service, mainly because of what telnet protocol is.  Simply put,
> (unless telnet line mode can be effectively used), telnet - due to it's
> design - will generate an order of magnitude greater network traffic
> than VT, thus likely to saturate LAN cards with relatively low number of
> users compared to VT.
 
[big snip...]
 
The points Eero brings out are valid, and it will be interest to see how it does
play out in the long run.  One of my positions were really the need for VT
and/or Telnet in the long run for most end-user applications.
 
/isaac