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Article #6Providing internet access in a library
From: Sameer Parekh
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:56
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:56
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I think this is doable.. to provide internet access to the PEOPLE, one can set up telnet servers in a library. Depending on how much it costs, one can either charge users a fee for a telnet-card, or if it cheap they can just use their library card. (In this way there isn't the problem of not knowing who is using the telnet server and system cracking is traceable to a specific person.) People can be informed about cheap internet-UNIX accounts, including netcom which is only about $20/month but tough to use, or The Well, which charges an hourly fee but has some extra newsgroups which, because of the smaller community, have a higher signal-to-noise ratio. I don't think this would be all that expensive, given that a leased line will only cost some $250/mont.. I have no idea how much terminals cost. Additionally, if people don't want to an account, they can still telnet to MUDs, the IRC, or archie and ftp some information which they need. (The plan I have about ftp is kinda unclear-- have a floppy drive attached to the terminal so that ftp can store files on floppies which the user brings in or buys, and have printers (quiet ones, of course) so that people without computers at home can print out the files they retrieve via ftp.. What do librarians think of this idea? (I'm just a high school student who is going to the local library nealy every three days-- It's summer I MUST READ!!) -- _Sameer_Parekh_zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM_zane@infopls.chi.il.us__________________ / STOP The War on Rights | | Restore liberty in the United States \ | "Specialization is for Insects" | | Vote Libertarian 1992 ______/ \________- Robert A. Heinlein_____/ \_ap.2363@cupid.sai.com (anon)__/
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