[BC] ABC Network in the wired days

[Barry Mishkind]

At 09:16 AM 7/11/2005, Sid Schweiger wrote
> >>In 1970, the net was fed from NYC, and when I was shown the net
>control center, the loop was approx four seconds from "out" to "in."<<
>
>I used to work there, and to my recollection it was nowhere near four
>seconds.  Two at the most, at least for the "round robin" of
>NY>Chi>Wash>NY.  It might have been four seconds from NY to LA, however.

         It was described to me as coast to coast and back.
         The change in audio quality was obvious, as I
         recall, but do not recall if any stats were given me.