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In article <2s24qd$eg4@edwin.bga.com> dpm@bga.com (David P. Maynard) writes:

>Josh Hildebrand <ren@bga.com> wrote:
>>> Neva Smith (njsmith@bga.com) wrote:
>>> 
>>> : When spending an extedned period of time away from homebase, I'd like to 
>>> : use a gateway local to that city/town to avoid long distance phone charges.
>>Why not just have a 1-800 dialup number?

David P. Maynard (dpm@bga.com) wrote:

>There are providers who offer 1-800 access.  They tend to be fairly
>expensive w.r.t. hourly charges (not surprisingly).  (Provider lists
>and ads are often posted on alt.internet.services.)  It's been awhile
>since I was on the receiving end of a 1-800 line, but the costs are
>usually fairly high.  It would probably be cheaper to pay the
>long-distance rates to access a remote modem bank.

>One option is to join one of the national online systems that provide
>telnet access.  The advantage there is that they are usually accessible
>via one of the X.25 networks like SprintNet that have dialups in most
>cities.

>I have a Delphi account that I use 1) when travelling, or 2) when I
>want to use the eAAsy Sabre reservation system.  It costs $13/month to
>keep the account.  I never use enough time that I have to pay extra.
>The downsides are that you pay extra to use the dialups during
>"business hours" and that their Internet services are pretty bad.  I
>can usually tolerate the slow VMS machine well enough to run telnet
>back to my home system though.

>I recently saw an ad for a "more traditional" UNIX-based Internet
>provider that had a connection to Sprint's X.25 dialup network.  I
>don't remember what their rates were though.  The X.25 networks are
>historically fairly "painful" to use in terms of latency, but it might
>be an option for frequent travellers.

Do you forward your e-mail to the Delphi account when you're travelling ?
If so, how do you achieve this (either from a regular logon to Real/Time or 
from PC-Eudora with dynamic SLIP access) ?

 Trevor Richards                
 Trinary Systems                 
 Austin, TX

 phone       : 512 345 3981
 fax         : 512 345 8705
 e-mail      : trevr@bga.com