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Re: Wanted: Northern Alberta ISP for Web site space

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From: Tony Toews
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 00:00
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michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) wrote:

>>Internet, via AGT, has come to my small town.  A number of people have
>>asked me to create Web pages.  However AGT does not allow such things
>>as a counter for the number of hits on a page.   

>You pages can refer to a counter on another web site. There are some 
>publicly accessible web counters that you can use. The same thing can be 
>done with any CGI script. 

I've located about four of them but they are all now restricted to
their own country/region/university as they were too popular.

>>AGT has also not
>>responded to my requests for a planned implmentation date of this
>>feature.
>They probably don't know that they can just set up a separate machine
>for CGI scripts that has no user accounts on it.

I suspect that, despite the best efforts of some far seeing
individuals, they are still mired in incredible layers of bureacracy!
<grin>

Tony


Tony Toews, Independent Computer Consultant
Jack of a few computer related trades and master (or certified) of none.
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From: ttoews@agt.net (Tony Toews)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Northern Alberta ISP for Web site space
Date: 1996/02/25
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