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From: bskendig@shine.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
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Subject: Re: PC Pursuit
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Date: 19 Feb 91 06:53:52 GMT
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In article <2752@sparko.gwu.edu> waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) writes:
>...  After doing so, I got some messages
>describing what PC Pursuit was.  It seems to be some sort of service provided
>to PC modem users.  The message indicated that for the low cost of $25/month
>one could make unlimited long distance calls from PC to PC in the continental 
>U.S.
>
>That's about all it said.  Has anyone heard of such a service???  Sounds to 
>good to be true.

Geez, I haven't seen mention of PC Pursuit for years!  ;)

Anyway, to provide a little more information on it: I _believe_ that
Pc Pursuit is also known as `Telenet' (note the `e'; it's not
`telnet').  I seem to recall that, for a $25 startup fee plus $25 per
month, you were given access to their system.

Here's how it worked: You would call a local number, and log in to a
Telenet node nearby.  Then you would tell that node to connect to any
other node anywhere on the continent, and tell the remote node to then
make a local call.  Two local calls are cheap; you'd be going most of
the way through the Telenet cross-country cabling.

I don't know what restrictions or caveats apply, or indeed if this
information is correct at all!  Caveat lector.

     << Brian >>

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