August 2002 - CNET Co. installed 8 PRI T1s into a single NFAS group and installed a new modem bank with expansion and new support features. CNET Co used a Cisco AS5400 unit that has 16 T1 inputs, and 324 modems (the modems support V.92 & V.44 protocols). The NFAS implementation allowed the efficient use of PRI T1s, giving us 190 B channels out of a possible 192. The use of PRI T1s also allows CNET Co. to accept ISDN and Analog calls all on the same phone number. And, this expanded the ISDN service capability for CNET Co. from 23 B channels to 190. Another feature of the PRI service over the old UAS service is, you get caller-id traceability in your RADIUS logs.
January 2002 - CNET Co. installed a back hauled PRI T1 into Grants, NM and started providing Analog and ISDN dialup service. This implementation provided a virtual POP in Grants.
May, 2001 - CNET Co consolidated circuits coming into its facilities, and moved to an OC-3 carrier. Where the first DS3 contains all it's dialin, Point-to-Point T1 circuits, and the second DS3 is used for the ATM carrier. Also, a T1 PRI circuit (23 B channels) was added to the Dialin system to efficiently carry ISDN calls into the modem banks. At that time CNET Co. dropped it's 8 BRI ISDN circuits (16 B channels).
April, 2001 - Qwest finally installs second DS3 circuit to carry ATM traffic into CNET Co. facilities. This circuit increases the main connection to the Internet and provides future scalability, the change allowed the moved from 1.5 M to 6 Mbps data pipe. This also allowed CNET Co. to provide DSL services as a Megahost partner with QWest.
November, 2000 - installing a second DS3 for the ATM circuit to provide DSL services and increase our connection to the Internet.
September, 2000 - installed an E-Commerce Server from Kurant Corp. to provide our customers with a shopping cart service for a virtual store.
August, 2000 - completed the construction of the OC-3 fiber optics line into the facilities. All T1 Services were moved from the copper circuits to the Channelized DS3 circuit. In addition, we added 24 new phone lines to our dialin system configuration at the office. This should have cleared up any busy signals during peak hours. We now have a total of 168 modems and all the modems have been updated to the latest ITU V.90 spec.
June, 2000 - installed a News Feed from Cidera Corp. via satelite dish. This provides a 56,000 Newgroup feed. In, addition we added a second Server to host the feed, which consists of a 400 GB hard drive to store the feed.
April, 2000 - added 24 new phone lines to our dialin system configuration at the office. This should have cleared up any busy signals during peak hours. We now have a total of 144 modems and all the modems have been updated to the latest ITU V.90 spec. So if you own a X2 or K56 Flex modem, we suggest that you flash update your modem to the ITU V.90 spec for better performance.
October, 1999 - added 24 new phone lines to our dialin system configuration at the office. This should have cleared up any busy signals during peak hours. We now have a total of 120 modems and all the modems have been updated to the latest ITU V.90 spec. So if you own a X2 or K56 Flex modem, we suggest that you flash update your modem to the ITU V.90 spec for better performance.
May, 1999 - Upgraded main router to a new Cisco 3640 model.
March, 1999 - added 24 new phone lines to our dialin system configuration at the office. This should have cleared up any busy signals during peak hours. We now have a total of 96 modems and all the modems have been updated to the latest ITU V.90 spec. So if you own a X2 or K56 Flex modem, we suggest that you flash update your modem to the ITU V.90 spec for better performance.
Aug. 28, 1998 - added 24 new phone lines to our dialin system configuration at the office. This should have cleared up any busy signals during peak hours. We now have a total of 72 modems and all the modems have been updated to the latest ITU V.90 spec. So if you own a X2 or K56 Flex modem, we suggest that you flash update your modem to the ITU V.90 spec for better performance.
Aug. 21, 1998 - added a new Modem Bank system with a 10/100 Ethernet interface to our system configuration at the office. And moved one set of V.34/V.90 modems (48 total modems) to this system and moved it into the primary spot. The orginal modem bank has be moved into the secondary spot with 24 V.34/V.90 modems.
May 98 - added a RADIUS Server to our system configuration at the office that handles the user dailin validations. This will prevent users from dialing in simultaneously from multiple locations. Your account allows "one" dailin session at a time, unless you have paid for more than one.
Apr. 21, 1998 - added a Cisco 2524 router to our system configuration at the office. This should have corrected any backward resolution validation checks performed by other Web Sites or E-Mail reception systems.
Feb. 98 - In mid Feb. modifications were made to the E-Mail server to remove the "relay" function of the SMTP Server. Some "idiot" out in the Internet world liked sending garbage E-Mail in the Internet system and relaying it off of CNET as the last Site before its final destination. Any mail rejects would come back to CNET and load down the Mail queue, causing a slow down in the Unix System, but not the Dial-in system. .
We have 14 computers (soon to have 20) on our Local Area Network (LAN), at our Office, for patron training, and general usage to access your E-Mail accounts & Internet. These machines are connected on the front side of the Modem bank, therefore access to Internet is at the full T1 rate.
Nov. 97 - As of Oct. 27, 1997 we have added twenty-four new phone lines, due to customer growth. At that time we have also changed the type of termination at the Telephone Company for increased bandwidth in the local baud rate connection, and to support K56 flex modems. For certain areas, the changes have significantly increased the connection speeds, for others it has remained the same. The modems were upgraded to K56 flex modems, too. But, I would not recommend going out and purchasing a new modem without checking the connection speed in your local area. With our new Modem management software we can tell you what your current connection rates are, in both the transmit and receive directions. If you calls us first, we can probably (60% guarantee), watch your connection speed and let you whether or not the new modem would help.
Oct. 97 - The News Groups service was on schedule, but a week prior to getting the service up and running, the hard drive crashed. The drive have been replace but not installed. Therefore, the News Groups service has be delay for a few months.
Sept. 97 - Last month we installed a new 4.5 GB SCSI Hard drive into the Web Server that would accommodate the News feed info. Currently, the newfeeds take up about 500 to 1000 MB of space, also, the info or the storing to disk is I/O intensive, but with the Pentium Pro processor in conjunction with the BSDI/OS, the computer system will be able to handle the load with plenty of margin. The second half of this project is acquiring the actual news feed for a reasonable fee. We are currently in negotiations with an ISP to provide this added service.
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