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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hirsch, P

Titel

AT&T Packet Net Promised by Year End

Ist Teil von

• Computerworld, 1984-02, Vol.18 (6), p.11

Ort / Verlag

Computerworld, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• AT&T's Accunet Packet Service, an enhancement of the Basic Packet Switching Service (BPSS), will be available nationwide by the end of 1984. It is already up and operating in New York and Chicago. While BPSS users share only switching facilities, Accunet allows users to share switching and transmission facilities. It is available in 56K, 9600, and 4800 bit-sec transmission rates. Because of FCC regulations, Accunet does not include protocol conversion, although it is accessible by any terminal or host computer that supports the CCITT X.25 standard. The port charge for Accunet is twenty- five per cent less than what BPSS users pay, while the usage charge is fifty per cent less.