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- From: lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: a BBS gateway to internet
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.104827.1523@lub001.lamar.edu>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 10:48:27 +1700
- References: <Bu6zJJ.2Aw@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: Lamar University - Beaumont
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- In article <Bu6zJJ.2Aw@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>, njoddson@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Nick Oddson) writes:
- > Hi,
- > I'm looking for information on how to go about getting a connection to
- > internet (or fidonet or whatever) from a BBS... the costs involved, the
- > maintenance required, what I have to do to set it up, and the like. The
- > BBS is in the area code 807 (Northwestern Ontario, Canada) in a remote
- > town with now educational facilities (except a small division of Lakehead)
- >
- > Is this a feasible idea, I only really want to be able to have the BBS users
- > send email to the internet, but ideally I suppose some news, ftp sites or such
- > would also be useful.
- >
- > I've seen some local (and LD) boards that have a fidonet connection, and I
- > guess it can't be all THAT expensive...
- >
- > Any information welcome - contact me email @ njoddson@descartes.uwaterloo.ca
- >
- > Thanks again!
- >
- > --
- > --
- > Nick Oddson -- University of Waterloo - Canada
-
- Hi Nick! FIDONET can be expensive if you like. On the other hand, if your
- local boards have formed a net (Several nodes), you can share the expense of
- messages being transferred to the hub. Best to start out with just a few
- echoes and increase until your pocketbook can no longer handle the phonebill.
- You should go to your local net - coordinator and request a node. If you want
- usenet messages, you should setup uf_gate software and find a usenet gateway
- to handle that traffic, although I am not sure you will be able to get ftp
- access that method.
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