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Re: Internet options: Sprint

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From: Steven J.
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:30
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Dean.Roth@mixcom.mixcom.com (Dean.Roth) writes:
: 
: One interpretation of the "async X.25 dial-up" service is that Sprint
: is going into the BBS business, since your computer will not need
: to run TCP/IP.

This sounds more like what they intend to do is have one do their news and
e-mail reading off-line, call into the 800 number and do some file transfers
of the respective news and mail batches, as opposed to a BBS per se.


Steve J. White
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