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: 14e674,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e674,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fd588,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: f9bd6,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9bd6,public X-Google-Thread: 149695,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gid149695,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1a78a315138bb442 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: John Edward Colino Subject: Re: The Travln' John Date: 1996/04/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 150410366 references: <4j19ah$f56@news.indy.net> <4l38nd$74d@news.fullnet.net> <3175A2F5.6783@yvv.com> content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 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 nntp-posting-user: jcolino@flute.aix.calpoly.edu Who is this Travlin' John guy, and why does he insist on bugging all of us with advertisements while we're trying to read our newsgroup.?! / \/ * /\ \/ \ \ +==========/\======/\=\/=====+===============================+ | ()_() \ \ \ \ | "It all started with a mouse" | | (_) \ \ \ \ | -W. DISNEY | | \/\ \ +-------------------------------+ | /\ \ \ ()_() | John E. Colino | | \ \ /\ \/ (_) | jcolino@flute.aix.calpoly.edu | *=====\=\/====\=\============+===============================* \ / \/ \/ \ \/ (c) All Rights Reserved, 1996 John E. Colino On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Ken Moore wrote: > 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!! > > > "http://thelist.com" has thousands of servers to choose from so you > can get away from AOL, Compuserve . . . > >