SprintLink just announced

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From: Jason Molenda
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:09

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I just read in the clari.nb.telecom newsgroup about a new product
announced by Sprint that I thought folks might be interested in called
`SprintLink'.  I can't include the original message here due to
copyright restrictions, alas.

SprintLink is a deal where you can get a TCP/IP link to the Internet
with Sprint for a flat monthly rate according to port speed at each
location.  It is not clear, but there seems to be another service (or
will be) called SprintNet which runs an X.25 packet network.

The current minimum speed of SprintLink is 9600 baud but I guess it
could be as low as 2400 baud if SprintNet is used.  With SprintLink, a
flat monthly rate would be charged according to port speed.  SprintNet
is available at an hourly charge.

The note read as if these services are either available in the near
future or now.

The press contact is Janis Langley, 202-828-7427 at Sprint.  I know
nothing else.
-- 
Jason Molenda, University of Minnesota, Supercomputer Inst., Technical Support
SGI Iris Admin        molenda@jason.msi.umn.edu       Dod #1867     '77 CB750F
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

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