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to: Murray Lesser
from: Herbert Rosenau
date: 1999-09-26 22:55:08
subject: It`s not quite over

 ML>     I have been a subscriber to IBM Internet Connection Services
 ML> (ibm.net) since Warp 3 was a pup.  

Me too.

 ML> As you may remember, IBM sold this operation to AT&T last year
 ML> for a mess of pottage and several other considerations. 

Yes - and now I have to find another provider.  beause the support of ibm.net
was alwasy not the best. I'd missing some services since years.

At least I was member of IBM.net because the name IBM.NET was a good address.
The new name is unknown to anybody in germany - so it would be called like AOL 
or other twit nets.

At least it will be cheaper to by for an own domain nanme, to pay EUR 0,02 per 
minute and have for that unlimited access, an own home page of 20 MB or more
without any advertsing banner.

ibm.net was mostly unavailable to send a complete download of files announced
on IBM.COM sides (such as VAJava (80 MB) and other.

So ibm.net will die for me in next few month.

At least the os/2 dilaler is unable to handle true ISDN - it can't accept more 
than COM PORT 1 - 5 - and my virtual ports are above them.

I'm using ISDNPM to have ip masquerade and full 64K access. The dialer win't
work correct - I have to dilal 2 times to become 1 time a connect. It is slow
- in comparsion to isdnpm.

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