jp@faron.UUCP (Jeffrey Picciotto) (03/13/86)
uh... Could some kind soul(s) educate me: What is telenet?? (No, I don't mean telnet!) Is it a net (like ARPAnet USENET) or a protocol?? Any info would be appreciated. -jeff ARPA: jpicc@mitre-bedford.arpa UUCP: ...!linus!faron!jp
jin@hropus.UUCP (Bear) (03/16/86)
Telenet is a public X.25 packet switched network that is run by the GTE Telenet Communications Corp. (a former employer). It is related somewhat to ARPAnet in that the developers of APRAnet later formed Telenet, which was gobbled up by GTE a few years ago. Don't know much about APRAnet, (or for that matter Telenet (:-), but Telenet is a value added carrier, serving basically as a data conduit. For each packet (really kilopacket) transmitted someone is billed. For most areas of the country you can call a 1200 or 300 baud gateway and then connect to any accepting host. I know that Telenet has under- gone many changes since my departure (1982) and I may not be accurate. -- Jerry Natowitz ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jin (official) ihnp4!opus!jin (temporary) Institute for the Study of Non-existent Phenomena