This is all fascinating, seems that you're on the right track - a bit more learning and you'll understand how it all works.
However my point was that the EdjOne's claim is likely an absurd one.
And the same goes to you on your difficulty talk. EDIT: Meaning - it has nothing to do with the poll response time.
LOL. Was he really asking about the Share accepted (ms)? I thought he was saying no shares accepted for minutes at a time not talking about the latency.
As far as whether or not I understand what I'm talking about... I've installed and setup pool software. Have you?
