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From: dean@truevision.com (Dean Riddlebarger)
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Subject: International Packet Network Info Wanted
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It's been a while since I've had to check into this...

Is anyone out there familiar with international [public] packet
network links between Germany and the U.S.?  I have some seriously
vague third-party information that indicates such abeast exists, and
I'd like to dig up as much additional information as possible.  I have
a coworker based in Germany, and he is checking with the authorities
on that end, but he says that since getting a simple phone line is as
complex a process as building a Trident missile, he expects a fair
delay in getting more detailed information on this particular subject.

What we're looking for is a setup in which he can hop onto such a
network in Germany [all we know right now is that it is apparently
called datex-p], pop through a gateway to a similar network in the
U.S. [tymnet], and hop off here in town to access our server.  We
don't have the cost justification for a dedicated international
private line.  We are already routing non-sensitive email to his
Compuserve account [local access to that in Germany is, oddly, quite
easy].  But we would still like to let him come directly into the home
machines from time to time.

Straight IDDD with a modem is possible, but the connections are not
great [forget 9600, if our initial tests are any indication].  I also
suspect that a packet service gateway might be cheaper for moderate
amounts of usage.

Email if you've seen anything like this, and I'll summarize in a week
or two for the rest of the group.

Thanks!


Dean Riddlebarger            Truevision, Inc.    
[317] 841-0332    dean@truevision.com      uunet!epicb!dean