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From: benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Thomas Cox)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Packet-switching alternative for net communications
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 22:52:01 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 22:52:01 1986
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This is of general interest.  Please pass it on to anyone
interested, or repost it to other groups as neccessary.
Followups probably ought to go to the appropriate subgroup
of net.news, but I don't know what that would be.  Distribution
is North America for this posting.

-------From _Data Communications_, December 1985------------
[author unknown]

FASTER COMPUSERVE

Compuserve Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) has incorporated 2.4-kbit/s
service over its network.  The service is available in Los 
Angeles, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, Denver, Chicago,
New York, Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, Atlanta, 
Wash. D. C., Pittsburgh, San Fran., Minneapolis, Milwaukee, 
Salt Lake City, San Diego, Louisville, and Seattle.  It is also
accessible from Santa Clara, CA; Columbia, SC; Monroe, LA; 
Wilmington, DE; San Mateo, CA; and Columbus, OH.
   Rates for the new service are $19/hour during standard
service hours (6 pm to 5 am weekdays, all day Saturday, Sunday,
and announced CompuServe holidays) and $22.50 per hour during
prime-service hours (8 am to 6 pm weekdays).  Business clients
can access CompuServe at 2.4-kbit/sec at rates
tied to the specific services being used, and there is no
additional charge for the new service for value-added network
customers.

----------end text from _Data Communications_---------

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     avoid intentionalist terminology, 
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