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Re: Why don't ISPs offer shell anymore?

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From: J. Prakash
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 00:00
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Rick Ellis wrote:

> Well, we got into this by talking about why many ISPs don't offer shell
> access.  I can tell you that while we do provide shell logins here almost
> nobody uses them.  Don't know why but that's how it has been going
> lately.

All the more reason to offer shell accounts at lower rates! :)
-- 
Prakash (prakash@net.com)
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From: "J. Prakash" <prakash@net.com>
Subject: Re: Why don't ISPs offer shell anymore?
Date: 1997/01/13
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