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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: What's the current status of dialin terminal servers
Message-ID: <4145@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 22 Sep 90 21:44:53 GMT
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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Several months ago there was some discussion of the regional and
commercial networks which comprise the Internet offering some form of
fee-for-membership or fee-for-use dialin service at major metropolitan
centers.  I seem to remember some expressions on interest or intent on
the part of Alternet and Barrnet, and I believe that PSInet offers
dialup service, though at the time it only offered connections to other
PSInet sites, and therefore was not useful as a general Internet
resource.

Can anyone comment on the current status of these or any other initiatives
in this area?

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu