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  1. Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!gtoal
  3. From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
  4. Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL {LONG SUMMARY} ***
  5. Message-ID: <Bzqpv8.4wo@demon.co.uk>
  6. Sender: news@demon.co.uk
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: pizzabox.demon.co.uk
  8. Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
  9. References: <Bzoxrw.GM5@demon.co.uk> <g7X8VB14w165w@zswamp.UUCP> <1992Dec23.061927.14544@udel.edu>
  10. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:37:55 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Dec23.061927.14544@udel.edu> darkstar@pecan.cns.udel.edu (The Janitor Of Anarchy) writes:
  14. :And don't forget the fact that for slip and ppp to be properly implemented
  15. :you need special lines installed.  Hell, if you're gonna go that far, why
  16. :not just install ethernet to your house and ftp everywhere!
  17.  
  18. What *are* you blethering about?  I'm running PPP on Dos on a Twincom 14.4K
  19. modem and SLIP on 386BSD on a $200 Digicom Scout at 14.4K, getting 2.4K/sec
  20. news transfer rate, both systems on perfectly ordinary telephone lines.
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