rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro) (02/13/88)
I have seen many referenes to "PC Pursuitable" BBS's. What exactly does that mean, and what are the ad/disadvantages of it. Sorry if this is an elementary question. ****************************************************************************** * Richard L. Carreiro GO CELTS! * "He gets it out deep and * * rlcarr@athena.mit.edu * HAVLICEK STEALS IT!!" - J. Most * ******************************************************************************
kudla@pawl18.pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) (02/15/88)
In article <2932@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro) writes: >I have seen many referenes to "PC Pursuitable" BBS's. What exactly >does that mean, and what are the ad/disadvantages of it. PC Pursuit is a service run by GTE Telenet (last I heard) that basically charges you $25 a month (last I heard) to call a whole bunch of different area codes by modem as much as you want after 1800 M-F and 24 hours on weekends. It warrants a look if you're spending more than about $30 a month on LD calling BBS's, and to boot you get a discount on People Link. And the connections are generally pretty good. ------------Robert J. Kudla - Pseudo-Freshman Extraordinaire------------- Screw the disclaimers- flame at will!! Itt@RPITSMTS.BITNET And you may ask yourself- How do I work this? FU7Z%mts@itsgw.rpi.edu (I sure as hell do...) kudla@pawl.rpi.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------
R38@PSUVM.BITNET (aka Marc Rifkin) (02/15/88)
Ok, how do we get it?
(PC Pursuit, that is)
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hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) (02/17/88)
R38@PSUVM.BITNET (aka Marc Rifkin) writes: >Ok, how do we get it? >(PC Pursuit, that is) >------- > > Call 1-800-TELENET and when you get past the recordings of people telling you to wait for a real person and finally get to a real person (if you can tell, that is) say "I wanna sign up for PC Pursuit." They'll gladly take your money. You need plastic money, btw. :) Harv Laser, Sysop, the People/Link AmigaZone. Plink ID: CBM*HARV UUCP: {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque}!gryphon!pnet02!hrlaser INET: hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com "The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots"
rissa@chinet.UUCP (Patricia O Tuama) (02/18/88)
In article <362@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> kudla@pawl18.pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: >PC Pursuit is a service run by GTE Telenet (last I heard) that basically >charges you $25 a month (last I heard) to call a whole bunch of different >area codes by modem as much as you want after 1800 M-F and 24 hours >on weekends. It warrants a look if you're spending more than about $30 >a month on LD calling BBS's, and to boot you get a discount on People >Link. And the connections are generally pretty good. PCPursuit hours are from 6 pm to 7 am weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays; rates for times other than these run between $12 and $14 an hour. They were supposed to have 2400 baud available by the end of last month but this appears to have been delayed again. The connections are excellent, better than calling direct as a matter of fact. The only real problem with PCP is that there aren't enough lines available. It can sometimes take up to an hour to get from your local Telenet host to the Telenet connection in the city you are calling. In addition to the $25 monthly fee there is also a $25 registration fee, both of which you must charge to a bank credit card. Telenet's number is 800/835-3638. . t r i s h a o t u a m a well, it saves me $200/month