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From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Internet at home ?
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Date: 27 Feb 91 02:38:10 GMT
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I have a question and would be grateful for any posted or mailed
responses. I will summarize mailed responses if requested.

Nowadays that workstations are so cheap it would seem very tempting to
me to have one at home. The one thing which has prevented me from
doing this is the question of network access. Much of the usefullness
of these machines to me comes from the access to the internet. Hence I
have so far decided against getting one.

I have access to a large number of scientific and university computers
which I have used for remote logins and most of my work and guess I
will have that in the future, too.  One possibile solution would be to
get a small workstation(like e.g. a NeXT) with a few 100 MBytes of HD
space at home, buy two V32[.bis] modems for about $1000, use a
standard phoneline to connect to the university continously , and run
SLIP. Assuming I live nearby to the university the monthly cost for
this is minimal (just a phoneline , really. Maybe $10)

Would this give me the same access I have from the workstation at the
university ? Is the speed acceptable to do e.g. ftp ? Mount remote
volumes ? Run remote X-Windows applications ? Is there a better
solution for a similar price ? Will the internet administration charge
me $10,000 a year ?

Thanks in advance for all answers !

        Carl Edman


"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot
morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot
do." -- Auberon Herbert
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