[net.lan] Standards for commercial pac

dfk@unido.UUCP (09/04/85)

  > >While on the subject, I have a question.  Has anyone ever run VI on
  > >Unix from a terminal with an X.25 packet switching network between the
  > >terminal and host?  
  > 
  > I have.
  > 
  > >How did it work?  Just curious.
  > 
  > Appallingly badly!

The more important point here is that you get charged by the packet/segment.
In this mode you use up to two segments per character typed (one for the echo).
IT MAKES THE TELCOS RICH!!!!

-Daniel