rmarks@ksp.unisys.com (Richard Marks) (03/22/89)
A friend of mine who runs a networking firm wants to let his European customers download files. This firm currently has a US bulletin board, when a customer has a problem, the support people usually tell the customer to dial up their BBS and download some code. They can of course have the European customer dial the US and download, but costs are high. Does anyone know of a commercial European BBS system to accomodate my friend's firm? (Surface mail is a poor solution because the time to get thru customs is one week minimum.) Idealy he would dial up every so often and upload new code. But he could also ship diskettes to Europe for the BBS people to post for him. Thanks, Richard Marks rmarks@KSP.unisys.COM or Robert Trout Device Network Associates 215-296-7420
Doug@uunet.uu.net (03/24/89)
rmarks@ksp.unisys.com (Richard Marks) asks: >A friend of mine who runs a networking firm wants to let his European >customers download files...... >download some code. They can of course have the European customer dial >the US and download, but costs are high. >Does anyone know of a commercial European BBS system to accomodate my >friend's firm? (Surface mail is a poor solution because the time to >get thru customs is one week minimum.) France has the Mintel system, which is a super system that includes functions similar to telenet, tymnet, bulletin boards, Compuserve, and 976 calls, plus more! It also allows hundreds of entrepreneurs to offer sub-services of all sorts. If a specific contact is needed, write me because I have a friend who does Minitel services in France. ( ) ( Doug Mosher <SPGDCM@CMSA.Berkeley.edu> ) ( ...!ucbvax!cmsa!spgdcm ) ( 257 Evans, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, 415/642-5823 ) European Bulletin Boards