[414] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
"Internet Accessible Dialouts"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lloyd)
Fri Mar 22 15:26:48 1991
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 12:09:46 PST
From: Brian Lloyd <brian@napa.telebit.COM>
To: bzs@world.std.com
Cc: schoff@psi.com, com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: Barry Shein's message of Thu, 21 Mar 91 23:01:21 -0500 <9103220401.AA25196@world.std.com>
Reply-To: brian@napa.telebit.COM
I suspect that people are looking for an analog to the modem-pool
service that Telenet was offering some time ago. (I think it was
called "PC Pursuit.") Basically you connected to your local Telenet
POP and you requested a modem from a modem pool somewhere else (a few
strategically placed cities). From there you could place local phone
calls by giving the modem standard AT commands.
The price was something like $25/mo flat rate for all the time you
could eat from 6PM local time until 8AM the next morn. We used to use
the service to nail up long-haul SLIP links between cities and not
incur the costs. Others used it for inexpensive access to bulletin
boards.
FYI, IP accessable dialout is a feature that is built into the Telebit
NetBlazer. You can telnet to the NB and then request that it dial a
specific destination. We know of several people who make use of the
feature.
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN Telebit Corporation
Network Systems Architect 1315 Chesapeake Terrace
brian@napa.telebit.com Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1100
voice (408) 745-3103 FAX (408) 734-3333
