Re: The Travln' John

Who is this Travlin' John guy, and why does he insist on bugging all of 
us with advertisements while we're trying to read our newsgroup.?!

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On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Ken Moore wrote:

> The Travln' John wrote:
> > 
> > The main factor in posting/retrieval times is your modem.  I started
> > with a 2400 baud modem on this puter and the upload/download times
> > were killing me while online with AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy, running
> > my monthly bills into the hundreds and testing my patience to no end.
> > I upgraded to a Zoom 14.4 modem I got at my local WalMarts.  This
> > should have increased the speed at least 6 times but my local access
> > lines to these services where I live are restricted to 2400 baud.
> > 
> > The first of the year I discovered 2 internet providers with
> > unrestricted baud access (up to 28.8 baud), local access numbers and
> > unlimited hours per month for only around $20 per!!  These are TCP/IP
> > providers with what they call PPP (Point to Point Protocol).  The
> > providers are CenCom Internet and Fullnet locally, another service
> > called Ionet has started up here and AT&T is starting one called
> > Worldnet.  I predict that the AT&T is the one that is going to allow
> > anyone with a computer, modem and a phone line access at full
> > unrestricted modem speeds to the internet no matter where they live or
> > work.  Again for only around $20/month unlimited hours and no long
> > distance charges!!  MCI also has an internet services and more are
> > coming out of the woodwork and jumping on the band wagon.
> > 
> > I am currently signed up to both CenCom Internet and Fullnet and have
> > sent my subscription in for AT&T's Worldnet (ever have a provider go
> > down leaving you with no access for a while?  Multi providers make
> > sense to keep my addiction to the internet going!!).  AOL, Compuserve
> > and Prodigy are history in my book (you can find almost everything you
> > can find on these services freely available on the internet/WWW) but
> > if you simply cannot do without these services you can access AOL and
> > Compuserve from the internet side!!  At the unrestricted modem speed
> > that a TCP/IP connection allows!!  You still have to pay the hourly
> > fees they charge but at the lowest rate (if you have been using AOL's
> > 1-800 access line that allows maximum access speed you know that you
> > are paying from $9 to $10 per hour!!).
> > 
> > The major services do NOT make this info freely available...it took me
> > months of high monthly online bills to discover this.  The info is
> > there but unless you already know about it you may never learn how
> > badly you are being ripped off!!  After all the longer you are online
> > to their services the more you are going to have to pay them.
> > 
> > Remember, I am currently using 2 (two) internet providers and have
> > signed up for a third.  While I was signed on to the big 3 I would
> > begin to develop extreme anxiety over the amount of time it took to
> > locate and save what I wanted.  A file that took me 1hour/60minutes to
> > up or download at the restricted baud rates now only takes less than
> > 10 minutes to do and when I can finally afford the upgrade to 28.8
> > will be twice as fast!!
> 
> 
> "http://thelist.com" has thousands of servers to choose from so you 
> can get away from AOL, Compuserve . . .
> 
> 

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