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Cheaper and better communication http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/13.html
Make sure you're in your home directory when entering the command, and
replace the fake CompuServe address above with your own.
When you return home, use this command to cancel the forward
instruction:
rm ~/.forward
You can also use this trick to forward your mail to other Internet hosts.
When at home, I usually use CompuServe's 28,800 bps node in Oslo, Norway. Datapak
is never considered. It is too expensive. CompuServe's nodes in Stockholm and
Copenhagen are my backups.
Whenever CompuServe opens a new node in your vicinity, or upgrades the
modem speed on one of their nodes, look at the effects on your total costs.
Use software for automatic access and navigation. They give higher
volume per minute and make your accesses even more cost efficient.
Before leaving for a business trip, visit CompuServe to find local access numbers in your
destination cities. The list of countries includes Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Holland, Peru,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, England, and many more.
FidoNet grassroots playground
FidoNet is an amateur network consisting of tens of thousands of bulletin boards all over
the world. The network is "loosely coupled," meaning that most of the participating
boards are not always connected. They call each others at regular intervals to exchange
mail, often in the middle of the night when the rates are low. (See Appendix 1)
Other grassroots networks
It doesn't take much to set up a bulletin board service, and it is as easy to connect BBS
systems to each other in a dial up network for regular exchanges of email, files and
conferences.
All over the world, grassroots networks keep popping up with names like ILINK,
AmNet, Suedd MB Verbund, Starmail, MagicNet, A NET, MausNet, Zerberus Netz,
SMBX NET, BASA NETZ, you name it.
Many boards offer access to more than one grassroots network, and also to the
Internet. Thus, the ability to send global email is extended to new users every day.
RelayNet is one of these global network of bulletin boards. It offers exchange of
email between systems. Messages and conference items entered on one system will
automatically be copied to other participating boards. Your costs for "talking" with
others in other parts of the world are very small.
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Updated at October 9, 2001.
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