Re: The Travln' John
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 > > > What are you paying??? Do you really have the funds and/or > patience??? "http://thelist.com" has thousands of servers to choose from so you can get away from AOL, . . .
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