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Cheap X.25 service for bulk data (netnews?) transmission.

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From: Geoff Goodfellow
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1989 16:55
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Prior to USENET in Baltimore last month I stopped in and visited the folks at 
NetExpress Communications in Vienna, VA.  NetEx offers a X.400 document 
switching service for FAX and X.25 packet switching services geared for bulk 
data transmission.  The NetExpress X.25 services seem to be priced 
substantially below other X.25 Public Data networks such as Telenet & Tymnet 
and might be a cost effective method to transfer USENET netnews and bulk data.

	o  $.20/Kseg for US domestic transmission.
	o  $.80/Kseg for US to Europe transmission.
	o  $1.20/Kseg for US to all other countries.
	o  1 Kseg=1000 segments=64,000 bytes.
	o  1 Kseg per call minimum for US to international transmissions.
	o  $1000 per month communications minimum @ 56Kbs access.
	o  $500 per month communications minimum @ 9.6 access.

NetExpress was started by Larry Roberts and Barry Wessler.  Larry is best 
known for being the father of packet switching technology (i.e. the ARPANET) 
when he was director of ARPA-IPTO in the late 60's and then went onto found 
Telenet.  A good contact for further information at NetEx is Chris Yordy at 
(703) 749-2254 voice or (703) 749-2375 FAX.

Geoff Goodfellow
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From: geoff@Fernwood.MPK.CA.US (Geoff Goodfellow)
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Subject: Cheap X.25 service for bulk data (netnews?) transmission.
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Date: 6 Jul 89 16:55:09 GMT
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