Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: PC's to Internet? Message-ID: Date: 19 Sep 90 15:04:24 GMT References: <73200010@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <9009190344.aa19308@louie.udel.edu> Sender: usenet@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 16 Sep 90 04:25:00 GMT In article <9009190344.aa19308@louie.udel.edu> CSP1DWD@OAC.UCLA.EDU (Denis DeLaRoca 825-4580, 213) writes: In article <73200010@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: I would like to get some of the 386's of a consulting company connected to the Internet. On the issue of Internet connectivity, you have to locate your nearest data communications regional network offering Internet connectivity services. You would do well to contact folks at either PSI, Alternet, or CERFnet, the major commercial IP connectivity providers that spring to mind. Write to postmaster@psi.com, postmaster@uunet.uu.net, and postmaster@cerf.net respectively and they'll be happy to send you all sorts of information. PSI and Alternet are based on the right coast, and CERFnet on the left, but they each are expanding their geographical coverage to where they may reach Illinois already. Alternatively, talk to the networking people at UIUC. They may be set up to support local connections for commercial sites, for appropriate fees. You may still find that the commercial connectivity providers are more economical for you, but it's worth asking. Is there some online site for documents such as RFC's or an Internet Regulatory Agency that I should contact? The RFCs are available via anonymous FTP from nic.ddn.mil in the directory RFC:, or via anonymous UUCP from osu-cis (write to uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu for instructions) or uunet (write to postmaster@uunet.uu.net for instructions), or via a mail-based archive server at nic.ddn.mil (write to postmaster@nic.ddn.mil for instructions). Your regional or commercial IP carrier should be able to help you with interactions with the Network Information Center, else write to hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil.