Re: A89: Internet Link (New language?)
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Re: A89: Internet Link (New language?)
Hint: you left out mIRC.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Vaughn <cyberdeity@pdq.net>
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Internet Link (New language?)
>Look, I'm not trying to be insulting, some people don't realize what they
>could have. Most ISP's are faster then aol. Why is this? Because aol isn't
>an ISP in the perfect sense. The internet aol offers is not their primary
>service. It is another goodie that comes with the subscription. Here is how
>a normal isp works.
>
>Your internet request <-----------> your ISP acts as just another path
><------> various other servers <----> final request
>
>Every thing flows in real time with the ISP acting as just the first server
>in the network.
>
>Here is how AOL works.
>
>Your request ----------> AOL SERVER
>
>Then
>
>AOL SERVER <------------- Request
>
>Then aol checks the request to make sure its suitable
>
>Then if every thing checks out
>
>You <----------- AOL SERVER
>
>So you can see why a regular isp would have a slight advantage over AOL.
>
>Just try this, download Netscape communicator 4.5. Get a 30 day free trial on
>a local ISP. Configure the e-mail for your ISP. Download ICQ. You will
>find with this free setup you will get every thing and more then AOL.
>
>I'm not bashing AOL. I'm just saying that there are better things out there.
>
>TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
>
>> > Seriously, aol is over 20 dollars a month. I can get my service for 10
>> > dollars prepaid. The speed is unimaginably faster, and you don't have
>> > guides riding your ass all the time. If you want the chat, IRC. If
>> > you want IM's get yahoo pager or ICQ. AOL sucks.
>>
>> People like this piss me off. They don't bother reading a single post
>> and then they just go off and ask the same dumb question or make
>> the same dumb comment that was just gone over.
>>
>> You get what you pay for. The speed is not unimaginably faster,
>> in fact all of the major ISP's are within a half a percent of each other
>> in speed. I have the official stats to prove that. And you are a stupid
>> and ignorant person. I've said this all before within the last 48
>> hours.
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