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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: compuserve
Message-ID: <.QHBBXB@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 22 May 91 19:46:27 GMT
References: <1991May16.211344.16328@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <1991May17.131622.16043@oar.net> <1991May21.165458.7441@sci34hub.sci.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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In article <1991May21.165458.7441@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
> Compuserve likes to bill for the use of their systems; billing people
> who telnet in would be very difficult.

Why?

I'm sure it'd look like this:

	% telnet compuserve.com
	Trying...
	Connected to compuserve.com.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	Host: CIS
	Username: 70216,1076
	Password:

	Welcome to Compuserve!

Similarly, they would provide FTP service on the same basis:

	% ftp compuserve.com
	Connected to compuserve.com.
	220 compuserve.com FTP server ... ready.
	Name: (compuserve.com:peter): 70216,1076
	331 Password required for 70216,1076.
	Password:
	230 User 70216,1076 logged in.
	ftp> cd amigatech
	100 CWD command okay.
	...

> If CIS could see money in telnet/ftp connections, it'd already be done.

They have their eyes closed.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"