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From: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Still Looking: Access to Internet
Message-ID: <1990Jul14.153935.14069@uu.psi.com>
Date: 14 Jul 90 15:39:35 GMT
References: <10815@chaph.usc.edu>
Reply-To: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall)
Organization: Performance Systems International, Inc.
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While I empathize with your predicament you are PUBLICLY asking for something
that is difficult to determine that you have a right to.  For today it appears
that Internet access is provided to INSTITUTIONS/CORPORATIONS that have 
legitimate need and are willing to abide by certain rules.  So unless you
belong to those institutions/corporations what would be the basis of
giving you that accessx?  Providing access on an INDIVIDUAL basis is at
best a murky area.  Since Morris@Cornell it may have become even murkier,
I know of half a dozen academic insitutions that have removed all external
accounts due to perceived liability issues.

Now, I personally believe you will find a home (more probably at an academic
site then a corporate), I also personally don't subscribe to all of the
above and have worked hard to change it along with others.  However, it
is not necessarily as simple as you have written, and between the cajoling
and the PUBLIC aspects of your posting,
undoubtedly makes it less likely to happen.

Marty
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In article <10815@chaph.usc.edu> bli@aludra.usc.edu writes:
>I am still looking for someone who would be willing to give me shell
>access to a machine on the Internet. I'd be willing to pay a flat
>monthly or yearly fee.. My requirements are these:
>
>	o Must be either local to me (I am in South Pasadena, Los Angeles)
>                  or be able to access it via Internet (i.e. Telnet to it).
>		  (*NO* TELENET or PCPursuit!)
>	o Must be able to read/send mail and news.
>	o Emacs or a similar text editor.. (or compile my own).
>	o Small disk quota, will not be running any processor intensive
>	  programs, only news and mail.
>	o Shell access, not BBS interface.
>
>So, c'mon guys, all you those with the idle workstations there gathering
>dust, what about it? Please note that this is a cross-posted message,
>so it would be nice if all replies were by mail.
>
>Thanks.