pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) (09/24/90)
In article <4145@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes: > >Can anyone comment on the current status of these [DIAL UP INTERNET ACCESS] or any other initiatives >in this area? This question came up recently in comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc What follows is the posting I made there. --pushpendra CERFnet ----------------------------------------------------------------- Enough of you have written seeking information on DIAL n' CERF , CERFnet's Dial-Up Internet Access Service. to warrant this reply: DIAL n' CERF ( and similar) services cater chiefly to : Organizations/Individuals with legitimate but low start up needs to access the Internet. Organizations/Individuals with legitimate but short term needs to access the Internet. To "roamers", who already have access to the Internet in their parent organizations, but need this access when traveling. DIAL n' CERF offers: Terminal Service ( telnet, rlogin ) SLIP USENet News Internet Mailboxes CERFnet currently offers this service at the following locations: (Other sites are under consideration as are alternate access schemes.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- DIAL n' CERF LOCATIONS Southern California SDSC San Diego SuperComputer Center SANDIEGO CIT Caltech Institute of Technology PASADENA UCI University Of California, Irvine IRVINE UCLA University of California, Los Angeles WESTWOOD Northern California UCOP University of California, Office of the President OAKLAND ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information retrieve the files dial-n-cerf-agreement.txt ( includes cerfnet-acceptable-use-policy ) dial-n-cerf-locations.txt by anonymous ftp from NIC.CERF.NET [ 134.24.99.3 ] in the directory ~ftp/cerfnet/cerfnet_info This site is also a good repository of information on the Internet for beginners and we encourage its use. If currently without ftp access send mail to help@cerf.net or call (619) 534-5087 If visiting Interop 90 look us up at the CERFnet booth. Pushpendra Mohta pushp@cerf.net (619) 534-5056 CERFNet/SDSC pushp@sdsc.bitnet (619) 534-5167 FAX P.O.Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784