Re: Connecting satellite locations via the Internet

The Internet is a winner for this use.  It eliminates the concept of
distance from data communications.  Our company has helped > 30 companies
do exactly this.  You have to wade through some issues of potential
security risk, but the payback is certainly worth it!

In terms of stability, you have to remember that the Internet was
originally constructed with the design objective of enabling government
facilities to communicate after a nuclear attack.  If a portion of the
backbone is busy, traffic is routed to another route.  Our customers use it
every day with hundreds of users & no hiccups!

In my opinion, I would have to think long & hard before I recommended a
private leased line again.

John Myers
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
300 Lake Street, Suite B, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
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At 04:13 PM 3/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The AS/400 is notoriously known for a stable, rock solid business machine. 
> Many businesses that have implemented the 400 also have additional 
>locations accessing its data, most likely via some sort of emulator or 
>emulation such as PC5250 in Client Access.  My question relates to the 
>connectivity of these additional or satellite locations.  

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