benno@eurifb.UUCP (Ben Noordzij) (02/23/88)
A friend of mine will be working at a university in Hunan (People's Republic of China) for some time. For that time he is looking for a way to send & receive E-mail. Is there any possibility to do so? And if, where? Hunan is a province in China approx. 400 km (250 mi) from Hong Kong. -- uucp: mcvax!eurifb!benno | Ben J. Noordzij earn: benno@hroeur1 | EUR/bedrijfskunde, Burg.Oudlaan 50, phone: +31 10 4081931 | 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands
bandy@well.UUCP (Andrew Scott Beals) (03/04/88)
China now has their own connection into the international X.25 network
that links Australia, Japan, North America and Europe (as well as,
no doubt, other regions). While I was in Shanghai last month, I
successfully connected from Jiao Tong University to the WELL.
The cost is 3 yuan per minute, so your friend might find it a bit
expensive for casual use. Also, I believe that one needs a leased
line from the site into the local network node, as well as what
appears to be a 1200 baud modem attached to that line.
Good luck.
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Andrew Scott Beals
bandy@lll-crg.arpa or {lll-crg,hoptoad,hplabs,apple}!well!bandy