From ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!sdcsvax!ames!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!laidbak!spl1!root Fri Dec 25 23:55:44 PST 1987


We would like to let all you netlanders know that site spl1 is available to
provide high speed news feeds and mail links to all eligable organizations
*WITH* *NO* *ADMINISTRATION* *OR* *SERVICE* *CHAREGES*

spl1 is located in downtown Chicago and now has 4 USR Courrier HST's,
2 TELEBIT TRAILBLAZERS, and a gaggle of vanilla 2400BPS modems online 
on our news/mail engine machine to support feeds.  

The site is accessable through PC Persuit and operates 24 Hours/Day 7
Days/Week, dedicated to news and mail.

If there any sites which are interested in switching their feed to a high
speed DDD/ (your) Out WATS site, we would be happy to accept new users 
(again, no fees involved).

Sound too good to be true?  It's not.  spl1 is now feeding sites like
Arthur Anderson's Corporate Offices, AT&T's National Tech Support Center,
Beatrice Foods' Corporate Offices, Reuter's Rich Inc, and others.  We've
been up continuously for 60 days (knock on wood, a good indicator of 
reliability) and haven't yet missed a feed for our sites.  We are also 
now hosting the new moderator for comp.binaries.ibm.pc

Qualification for connection to our site is a function of the number of
news readers your site supports and your willingness to offer downstream
feeds.  We want to help extend and support USENET, helping a good thing 
get better.


Robert A. Johnson, SYSOP        UUCP: {ihnp4,ddsw1,ll1!ll1a,laidbak}!spl1!raj
The Software Public Library    VOICE: 1 312 248 5777


From ncr-sd!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!cuuxb!ltuxa!ll1a!spl1!raj Fri Jan 29 11:23:59 PST 1988

Hi!

About a month ago we posted an offering for free feeds to any
organization with a reasonable readership and ability to refeed
to other, new nodes.  This offer is still open. 

However, the real reason for this posting to to comment on
how impressed I am with the Trailblazer modems.  We have both Trailblazers
and HST's at spl1 and have recently begun to start feeding sites with
them.  The performance numbers are terrific.

On our trailblazers (not enough traffic on the HST's yet) we get
about 1100CPS on compressed batch feeds, even to simple old 386
XENIX machines!  Yes, a full feed out in less than 45 mins!! Even
on a micro!

Well, I'm sold on these high speed units, and hope the net continues
to upgrade.  The possibilities for faster email service, feeds and lower
phone costs are terrific!

Robert A. Johnson
The Software Public Library, Chicago, IL
...ihnp4!spl1!raj
...1-312-248-5777

PS:  Feeds and Mail gateways are still available!  Give me a call, or
     drop me an email line and we'll set you up.