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- PC PURSUIT SERVICE UPDATE
- December 1987
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- Telenet's PC Pursuit Service is on the move, offering new access
- codes, higher transmission speeds and more cities, to ensure the best
- PC communications service possible. This service update contains
- specifics on the new enhancements and how they will benefit you in
- your pursuit of online information.
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- NEW ACCESS CODES FOR PC PURSUIT SERVICE
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- Effective January 5, 1988, all current PC Pursuit area access codes
- will be changed. This change will make PC Pursuit easier to use, and
- provide you broader and more cost-effective coverage of 33 cities,
- including 40 area codes.
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- 2400 BPS SERVICE ADDED, CAPACITY EXPANDED
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- Beginning in January 1988, Telenet's PC Pursuit Service will be
- available at 2400 bps in the 14 major PC Pursuit cities listed below:
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- Atlanta Denver Newark Seattle
- Boston Detroit New York Washington D.C.
- Chicago Houston Philadelphia
- Dallas Los Angeles San Francisco
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- New modems with optional local error protection using Microcom
- Networking Protocol (MNP) are being installed in these PC Pursuit
- cities for 1200 and 2400 bps service. To access 2400 bps outdial with
- or without MNP you must dial your local 2400 bps access telephone
- number. When using local error protection your modems must be MNP
- compatible, or you can use MNP compatible software in your PC. The
- new modems have a few new response messages providing modem and
- connection status that you may find helpful; check the Net Exchange
- BBS for more specifics on the new modems.
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- During the first quarter of 1988, the outdial capacity for PC Pursuit
- will more than double. Capacity will be expanded by adding many more
- ports and modems to the busiest cities, and eliminating the 300 bps
- outdial service. The migration of ports from 300 bps to higher speeds
- for improved capacity will begin on February 1, 1988.
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- What does this mean for 300 bps modem users? You will still be able
- to dial-in to Telenet at 300 bps and make an outdial connection
- through a 1200 bps modem to the PC or BBS of your choice and
- communicate by reading and sending messages. However, file transfers
- and large ASCII downloads will not be supported when dialing in at 300
- bps and outdialing at 1200 bps. Again, Telenet's 300 bps Asynchronous
- Dial Service will continue to be available nationwide; only PC
- Pursuit's 300 bps outdial capability is being eliminated.
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- As the modem industry migrates to faster transmission speeds and high
- speed modems become less expensive, you may want to consider a modem
- that supports 1200 and/or 2400 bps to maximize the use of your PC.
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- EIGHT NEW PC PURSUIT CITIES
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- Telenet is pleased to announce the addition of the following eight new
- PC Pursuit cities:
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- Hartford, CT 203 Santa Ana, CA 714
- Kansas City, MO 816, 913 Sacramento, CA 916
- Palo Alto, CA 415, 408 San Diego, CA 619
- Riverside, CA 714 St. Louis, MO 314, 618
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- These cities operate at 1200 bps and will become available beginning
- in January and February, 1988. There will be many more cities added
- throughout 1988. For up-to-date information on expansions and
- enhancements, check the Net Exchange BBS regularly.
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- AUTOMATED PC SIGN-ON REMINDER
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- If you are dialing Telenet's 2400 bps access numbers with an automated
- PC sign-on script, you must insert a delay of 200 milliseconds between
- the Hunt and Confirm sequence (@ CR). When signing on to the Telenet
- Public Data Network at 2400 bps, the normal baud-detection sequence is
- (@ CR). For 2400 bps service to be accurately detected by the
- network, at least a 200 millisecond delay must be inserted between
- the @ and the CR.
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- DAYTIME BILLING
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- Billing for daytime usage of PC Pursuit Service commenced with the
- billing for August 1987 daytime usage, and will continue for each
- month until current. The rates are $10.50 to 14.00 per hour
- (depending upon your access location), as stated in your Terms and
- Conditions for use of PC Pursuit Service. The prime times that will
- be billed for daytime usage of PC Pursuit are 7 am - 6 pm, Monday
- through Friday. For at least the first half of 1988, these daytime
- usage charges will be sent on a separate invoice and check payment
- will be required. In the latter half of 1988, daytime charges will be
- billed directly to you on your credit card account.
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- NET EXCHANGE BBS HIGHLIGHTS
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- Information Files: A number of new and helpful information files
- have been added to the PURSUIT file area, including help files on ITI
- network port parameters, hunt and confirm sequences (for sign-on to
- Telenet), terminal identifiers (ie. Terminal=D1), and a primer on
- using the Racal-Vadic command mode on the outdial modems.
-
- Message Areas: There are various message areas on the Net Exchange
- including conferences on FCC issues, BBS ads, Billing Questions and
- general issues. Please try to keep your messages in the correct
- message area; this will allow you to benefit the most from the Net
- Exchange.
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- Questions: When the System Operator (sysop) answers your questions,
- he generally makes the responses public so that everyone can benefit
- from the answer. Please try reading through old messages in the MAIN
- message area before you ask questions. You'll probably find the
- answer to your question without even asking.
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- Thanks: A special thanks to many users who take the time to answer
- other users questions on the Net Exchange. This is the ideal forum
- for that "user-helping-user" support.
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- Updated Dialing Exchanges: The Net Exchange now includes an updated
- list of all the dialing exchanges accessible through each outdial city
- available to you.
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