[geeks] News server access

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, joshua d boyd wrote:

> BTW, while it isn't really supported these days, in the spec it is
> possible for a client to have one server send files directly to another
> without all the packets passing through it.  So, a 56k link can initial a
> transfer between two T1s at T1 speed.

Ah ha!  That's what my hazy memory was trying to get to =)

And that would be a reason for the separate control channel.

--Kurt