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Old 11-09-2013, 04:18 PM
gary
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A colleague wrote me today who is a volunteer with the Rural Fire Service (RFS)
in a rural area just to the north of Sydney.

Yesterday he logged into the RFS system to download the situation map for
a fire in the area.

He reports that the 1.7MB map took more than one hour to download.

Obviously the RFS servers were busy with the fires taking place in Sydney's
west, but when one considers the state has experienced far more serious days
then it is a concern if it is up to the task.