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2 total messages Started by Customer Liaison Service Fri, 17 Jun 1994 00:50
FREE SLIP/PPP ACCESS
#333
Author: Customer Liaison Service
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 00:50
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>>>>>>>> SPECIAL - RABBITLINK INTERHOST DIAL-UP SLIP/PPP <<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>     THREE MONTHS FREE TO THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE    <<<<<<<<<<<

Rabbit Network's InterHOST Dial-up SLIP/PPP offers an economical 
way to use all of the fine features available on the Internet. This
service includes:

    * Dial-UP SLIP or PPP connection for one host.
    * Domain Name Service (DNS) and MX mail forwarding
    * USENET News for an additional $18/month
    * Your own dedicated IP number!
    * Professional assistance in setting up your connection
    * Access via a continent-wide toll free 800 number at
      a reasonable cost

This service is only $35/month plus $5.10/hr OFFPEAK (7PM-7AM Eastern
Time) or $6.45/hr PEAK (7AM-7PM Eastern Time). There is a setup fee
of $250.

SPECIAL: THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE WHO RESPOND TO THIS AD WILL BE ELEGIBLE TO
RECEIVE THIS SERVICE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE SETUP FEE OR THE FIRST 
THREE MONTH'S FEES. (800 toll free charges still apply). 

To take advantage of this special, just drop give us a call at 
800-456-0094 or drop us a note at info%uuhare@uu.psi.com and we will 
send you a special application. This offer expires June 30, 1994. All 
applications for this special price must be in by then.

Rabbit Network - Your On-Ramp to the Information SuperHighway (sm). 
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Customer Liason Services    liason@rabbit.net  Phone: 313.790.0094 
The Rabbit Network, Inc.                              800.456.0094
31511 Harper, St. Clair Shores, MI  48082        FAX: 313.790.0156
Re: FREE SLIP/PPP ACCESS
#334
Author: Karl Denninger
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 04:24
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In article <CrInoK.GA4@uuhare.rabbit.net>,
Customer Liaison Service <liason@uuhare.rabbit.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> SPECIAL - RABBITLINK INTERHOST DIAL-UP SLIP/PPP <<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>     THREE MONTHS FREE TO THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE    <<<<<<<<<<<
>
>Rabbit Network's InterHOST Dial-up SLIP/PPP offers an economical 
>way to use all of the fine features available on the Internet. This
>service includes:

$ traceroute rabbit.net
traceroute: unknown host rabbit.net

$ dig ns rabbit.net 
job control requires tty

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> ns rabbit.net 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 8, Addit: 10
;; QUESTIONS: 
;;	rabbit.net, type = NS, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
.	346532	NS	NS.INTERNIC.NET.
.	346532	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL.
.	346532	NS	NS1.ISI.EDU.
.	346532	NS	C.NYSER.NET.
.	346532	NS	TERP.UMD.EDU.
.	346532	NS	NS.NASA.GOV.
.	346532	NS	NIC.NORDU.NET.
.	346532	NS	NS.NIC.DDN.MIL.

Hmmm... "bite me" in response, eh?  Let's try this:

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> mx rabbit.net. 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 8, Addit: 10
;; QUESTIONS: 
;;	rabbit.net, type = MX, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
.	346488	NS	NS.INTERNIC.NET.
.	346488	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL.
.	346488	NS	NS1.ISI.EDU.
.	346488	NS	C.NYSER.NET.
.	346488	NS	TERP.UMD.EDU.
.	346488	NS	NS.NASA.GOV.
.	346488	NS	NIC.NORDU.NET.
.	346488	NS	NS.NIC.DDN.MIL.

;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 7 msec 
;; FROM: Mercury.mcs.com to SERVER: default -- 192.160.127.125
;; WHEN: Thu Jun 16 23:17:45 1994
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 28  rcvd: 383

No records.....

Rabbit.net?  Where?

>Customer Liason Services    liason@rabbit.net  Phone: 313.790.0094 
>The Rabbit Network, Inc.                              800.456.0094
>31511 Harper, St. Clair Shores, MI  48082        FAX: 313.790.0156

You can't mail there now, as there are no MX or NS records.  The NIC says:

$ whois -h internic.net rabbit.net
The Rabbit Network, Inc. (RABBIT1-DOM)
   31511 Harper Ave.
   St. Clair Shores, MI 48082
 
   Domain Name: RABBIT.NET
   Domain Status: On Hold Pending Server Activation
 
   Administrative Contact:
      Kechak, Stanley  (SK30)  kechak@RABBIT.NET
      (313) 790-0094
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Havel, Jon S.  (JH5687)  havel@RABBIT.NET
      313 790 0094
 
   Record last updated on 09-Jun-94.
 
   Domain servers in listed order:
 
   UUHARE.RABBIT.NET            160.79.1.3
   NS.RABBIT.NET                160.79.1.1
   MERIT.EDU                    35.1.1.42

Ah.  I'm not hallucinating....

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