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From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri Nov 17 00:40:31 2000

>Anyway, just a thought. And to make it real, I'd need a bunch of
>people who wanted to be RetroNET nodes, and some convenient way to
>allow people to dial up. Tymnet sprang instantly to mind (primarily
>because they're still EVERYWHERE, and still allow 300bps dial up!
>My portable Silent 700 works! Yeah baby!)
>
>I'll bet they're expensive, though.
>
>Still... anyone want to be a RetroNET node? :)

Why pay twice for dialup access? I already pay $40/month for a nice fast
connection to the NET, everything else is easily connnected to the NET, why
duplicate the dialup access?

Make a VPN, virtual private network, then concentrate on front end and back
end tools to make it fun.
Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:40:31 GMT