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- From: vpoy@terapin.com (Vincent Poy)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: InterNet Feed
- References: <1992Dec20.172916.7242@kumr.lns.com>
- Message-ID: <vpoy.2w29@terapin.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 11:51:19 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Dec20.172916.7242@kumr.lns.com>, pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar)
- writes:
- >steve@jack.sns.com (J. Steven Harrison) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec13.071235.28779@kumr.lns.com> pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim
- Pozar)
- > writes:
- >>>vpoy@terapin.com (Vincent Poy) writes:
- >>>>Just don't understand parts of it.... How much does it cost for an InterNet
- >>>>Drop and also how does FidoNet offer the UUCP Email and Newsgroups for free
- >>>>when it costs you money? Sorry about this but just need more knowledge on
- the
- >
- >>>>UNIX stuff...
- >>>
- >>> My Internet drop costs me about $70/month.
- >>
- >>Come on Tim an internet connection for $70/month?
- > Yup.
- >
- >>If you're going to make wild statements like this let's qualify them.
- >>You might have a service that handles MX-Mail Forwarding to you and let's
- >>you get news but that is certainly not an internet "drop"
- >>
- >>J. Steven Harrison, PhD. steve@jack.sns.com
- >
- > Nope. Full-time Internet feed. You can try it. Anon ftp into
- >kumr.lns.com.
- > If you want more information on the feed, send mail to
- >Tom.Jennings@f111.n125.z1.fidonet.org.
- >
- > Tim
- >
- >--
- > Internet: pozar@kumr.lns.com FidoNet: Tim Pozar @ 1:125/555
- >Snail: Tim Pozar / KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108 / USA
- > Voice: +1 415 788 2022
- Yes, I tried it and you had ftp alright.... Didn't know it only costed
- $70/month... What kind of connection do you use? SLIP or T1? I always thought
- InterNet was $20,000 to setup and like $2,000 each month..... Atleast that's
- what the people on IRC told me...
-
- Vince
-
-