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A transport protocol developed by IBM in 1985 for small and medium networks. It is the underlying foundation of NetBIOS. NetBEUI today can be compared to IPX/SPX and TCP/IP. NetBEUI is efficient for small workgroups, but is not routable, and is a more broadcast-based protocol than IPX or TCP/IP, clogging the network with packets if you have more than 20 machines. It does not scale well.
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NetBIOS Extended User Interface - On 26 Mar 2004 08:08:53 -0800, PAT wrote: I have thought about getting into that business myself, brokering it through one of the service bureaus for same, then setting up a small shop; taking calls on an 800 number; decrementing the callers passcode by one, and providing the desired information. Or, better still,Someone's already beat you to it: www.infone.com :)Infone is the child of Metro One, which has provided directoryassistance for many cell phone companies and a few CLECs for years.Quite a few cell phone companies have pulled their contracts withMetro One, so they came up with the idea of selling their service on aretail basis and not just on a wholesale basis to other carriers --thus Infone. I have an account with Infone and have for awhile, andhave been rather pleased with them; they seem to get listings from thesame places the LECs do, so accuracy hasn't been a problem.In fact, by far the worst directory assistance I've found is from MaBell -- the DA company AT&T long distance routes NPA-555-1212 to isabsolutely rotten. (All major LD carriers and wireless carriers nowroute NPA-555-1212 to companies of their choosing rather than to LECsin the dialed NPA. LD and wireless carriers associated with LECs,such as Qwest and BellSouth long distance and Cingular Wireless in SBCand BellSouth LEC areas, route DA calls to their LEC division DAbureaus, while other carriers, including AT&T, MCI, T-Mobile, etc.,use third-party companies. VoIP company VoicePulse uses Qwest for DA;I don't know who Vonage or others use.)Stanley Cline -- sc1 at roamer1 dot org -- http://www.roamer1.org/"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There mightbe a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune
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