Subj : MMTerm?
To   : Jim Hanoian
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Tue Apr 17 2001 06:36 am

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Hello Jim - 

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BC>> As for your comments on Telnet. I have not made a dial up
BC>> connection to a BBS in at least two or maybe even 3 years.
BC>> It has all been by Telnet. I have even heard that there
BC>> are BBS's out there that only support telnet connections.
BC>> Like you stated why pay the phone co to make a connection
BC>> that you can do over the internet for free. 

For most people the Internet is not 'free'. I know it's doable
but clunky and the free access imposes limitations that
probably aren't a 'good' thing for users in the long run. 

JUNO and I think Earthlink are now forcing acceptance of use of
each users machine for distributed processing of other peoples
garbage which I am also opposed to in principal. I have no
quarrel with seti@home since it's purely voluntary AFAIK. 

JH> Exactly. I don't use my modem for anything except
JH> connecting to the internet... oops... my bank uses a
JH> proprietary software that insists on dialing out to make a
JH> secure connection. I'm seriously considering changing banks
JH> to one that works more like **I** do. 

I like to look into the eyes of the people who hold my money.
Sort of a superstition I suppose? 

BC>> Telnet is used a lot for remote applications not connected
BC>> with BBS's so will be around if and when the BBS's are all
BC>> gone by the wayside. 

JH> And a good point that I had not even considered! Yes, I
JH> have telnetted into routers and other equipment to
JH> configure them. 

Telnet is just a framework for telecom. Using different port
addresses you connect to different servers using different
protocols. As a framework for telecom _something_ will always
fill the void where more specialized applications either do not
or do not do it particularly well. 

I prefer telnet apps that include at least one common transfer
protocol but by definition a telnet app doesn't require any. 

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