RFC 1402 (rfc1402) - Page 3 of 39
There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for Treasure in all the Wrong Places
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RFC 1402 Searching for Treasure January 1993
A direct connection to the Internet provides some additional
capabilities that e-mail cannot. One of these is the ability to
establish a connection to a remote computer connected to the Internet
from your own personal computer or from one connected to the
Internet. The program that establishes this connection is called
Telnet. Many universities and large research companies have Internet
connections. They pay rather large fees to have these high speed
(more than one million bits per second) connections. If you are
associated with a large university or company you already may have
access or can gain access to the Internet using one of their
computers.
A direct connection to the Internet also allows you to transfer a
file from a remote computer. This program is referred to as FTP
(file transfer protocol). Section 4.0 covers the many places that
have files and programs available using FTP.
The following information was taken from a Frequently Asked Question
posting by Aydin Edguer to the alt.bbs newsgroup.
If you do not have access to a service connected to Internet, you can
get access for a fee. The following companies provide Internet
access to individuals or companies at various rates depending on the
time of access, speed of access desired, and several other factors.
The first method to gain access to the Internet is by getting an
account on a public access bulletin board system that is connected to
the Internet. There are a growing number of such systems available.
For information on some of these systems, send electronic mail to:
Any of these systems is open to the public for a monthly access fee.
A second method to gain access to the Internet is by getting an
account with a network service provider who offers a dial-in service.
See the "How do I get connected to the Internet?" section for more
information.
Martin