X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f45cf,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidf45cf,public X-Google-Thread: 1123a0,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid1123a0,public X-Google-Thread: f9bd6,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9bd6,public X-Google-Thread: fd588,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: 14e674,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e674,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 149695,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid149695,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public From: Hawk Subject: Re: The Travln' John Date: 1996/04/24 Message-ID: <4llc46$er9@comtel.hna.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 151273970 references: <4j19ah$f56@news.indy.net> <4l38nd$74d@news.fullnet.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Anonymous mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.america.online,alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation,alt.best.of.internet,alt.binaries.clip-art,alt.binaries.fonts,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,alt.binaries.pictures.cartoons,alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities,alt.binaries.pictures.comics,alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons,alt.binaries.pictures.nudism,alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless,alt.binaries.sounds,alt.binaries.sounds.cartoons,alt.binaries.sounds.misc,alt.binaries.sounds.movies,alt.binaries.sounds.music,alt.binaries.sounds.tv,alt.binaries.startrek,alt.binaries.starwars,alt.binaries.x-files,alt.bizarre,alt.christnet.nudism,alt.collecting,alt.consumers.free-stuff,alt.cult.nudism,alt.dads.rights,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.disney,alt.disney.collecting,alt.disney.disneyland,alt.disney.secrets,alt.disney.the-evil-empire,alt.dreams,alt.dreams.lucid,alt.fan.disney,alt.fan.disney.afternoon,alt.food.waffle-house,alt.forsale,alt.freaks x-mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) travljon@mail.fullnet.net (The Travln' John) wrote: > >The main factor in posting/retrieval times is your modem. I started >with a 2400 baud modem on this puter and the upload/download times >were killing me while online with AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy, running >my monthly bills into the hundreds and testing my patience to no end. >I upgraded to a Zoom 14.4 modem I got at my local WalMarts. This >should have increased the speed at least 6 times but my local access >lines to these services where I live are restricted to 2400 baud. > >The first of the year I discovered 2 internet providers with >unrestricted baud access (up to 28.8 baud), local access numbers and >unlimited hours per month for only around $20 per!! These are TCP/IP >providers with what they call PPP (Point to Point Protocol). The >providers are CenCom Internet and Fullnet locally, another service >called Ionet has started up here and AT&T is starting one called >Worldnet. I predict that the AT&T is the one that is going to allow >anyone with a computer, modem and a phone line access at full >unrestricted modem speeds to the internet no matter where they live or >work. Again for only around $20/month unlimited hours and no long >distance charges!! MCI also has an internet services and more are >coming out of the woodwork and jumping on the band wagon. > >I am currently signed up to both CenCom Internet and Fullnet and have >sent my subscription in for AT&T's Worldnet (ever have a provider go >down leaving you with no access for a while? Multi providers make >sense to keep my addiction to the internet going!!). AOL, Compuserve >and Prodigy are history in my book (you can find almost everything you >can find on these services freely available on the internet/WWW) but >if you simply cannot do without these services you can access AOL and >Compuserve from the internet side!! At the unrestricted modem speed >that a TCP/IP connection allows!! You still have to pay the hourly >fees they charge but at the lowest rate (if you have been using AOL's >1-800 access line that allows maximum access speed you know that you >are paying from $9 to $10 per hour!!). > >The major services do NOT make this info freely available...it took me >months of high monthly online bills to discover this. The info is >there but unless you already know about it you may never learn how >badly you are being ripped off!! After all the longer you are online >to their services the more you are going to have to pay them. > >Remember, I am currently using 2 (two) internet providers and have >signed up for a third. While I was signed on to the big 3 I would >begin to develop extreme anxiety over the amount of time it took to >locate and save what I wanted. A file that took me 1hour/60minutes to >up or download at the restricted baud rates now only takes less than >10 minutes to do and when I can finally afford the upgrade to 28.8 >will be twice as fast!! > >Do the math and you will see. I rarely spend less than 10 hours per >day online and have been on as long as 24 hours straight!! (I've got >the addiction big time!!) I do everything internet related there is >to do...chat, browse the web, newsgroups, e-mail and file transfers... >and I am only paying $40 per month (soon to be $60 per month with the >third provider)!!!!!! > Just what makes you think anyone is interested in your pathetic little life? We DO NOT CARE !!! Keep this crap out of the view of the public, or, if you MUST publish it, put it on a web page... Hawk -- Live and learn..