In <3dtesm$t8p@beta.inc.net>, syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust) writes:
>A few years back, I bought one of those cable modems... it feeds
>9600 baud data 24 hours a day, packetized. It cost about $120
>with no additional monthly cable charge. I had software for it
>for the PC and Amiga.
>
>Today I plugged it in again after a long hiatus. Although the
>carrier and data lights were "on", my software didn't recognize
>any packets.
>
>Did they change the data format? Is there another news group
>that talks about X*Press?
>
After about a six run, they are now out of the news business. They were bought up
by Reuters. There new come on is WeathBuilder were you subricbe to there off
hour data revevial.
Supposedly, if you send the box back they will give you a $20 refund.
It was a good service.
Tom Gillen
teg@ann.petunia.com
teg@ccnet.com