Re: Telecomputing and Support

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

O'Connor, Peter H. wrote:

> I can go anywhere in the world with my laptop and support clients, from a
> beach, boat, or from the top of Mt Washington etc.  If I have to get onto
> my system, I just get onto the internet and then get on my system.  From my
> 400 system, I can get onto any of my clients systems within a matter of 5
> minutes.   I can fax them, download files, upload files, debug problems.

> Peter H. O'Connor
> PAE Inc.
> 7 Riverway Rd.
> Salem, MA 01970-5343

Peter:

How do you connect your AS/400 to the internet?  Most direct connections start 
at
$500 per month, not to mention the hardware charge and startup fees?

We've looked into ISDN, but it still is around $250 per month in the New York
Area.

--
Art Tostaine, Jr.
Creative Computer Associates, Inc.
Parlin, NJ
atostaine_at_crecomp_dot_com


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