ds high-tech forum with san jose firm
carolyn lochhead, san francisco chronicle
students from thurgood marshall high school in san francisco joined with san jose's cisco systems in washington yesterday to push technology in public schools. (10/2/97)
press release
cisco systems, inc.
cisco systems chairman of the board, john morgridge, announces the nationwide launch of the cisco networking academy program at a press conference in washington, dc. (10/1/97)
title: system engineer
location: beijing
dept/division: worldwide sales-asia
requisition:
description:
familiar with cable tv related technology such as hfc/sdh preferred tcp/ip or wan or access server technology, with minimum 3 years engineering/installation/pre-sale experience.
you will work closely with the cisco account managers, providing pre-sales technical and network design support to cisco partners and customers alike. you will be called on to make technical presentations, answer technical questions regarding specific applications, as well as to support customer installations and configurations. as with all positions at cisco, you will be a part of the company recently ranked (fortune-jan '97) as the 25th best company to work for in the u.s.
contact: sylvia p.s. chong:
posted to cco: dec 17
title: north china regional 2-tier channel manager
location: beijing
dept/division: worldwide sales-asia
requisition: 800131
description:
to develop and sell through the 2nd-tier resellers in the north china area - 3 provinces in northeast china, shangdong and henan. work with territory am in enterprise to cover the above geographical area through 2-tier sales model.
2+ years sales experience in networking company, preferable in the 2-tier channel management; 2+ years experience in china it distribution business; sound sales record.
contact: sylvia p.s. chong: schong@cisco.com
posted to cco: dec 17
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unlimited internet access? not!
many netizens[fish2] , including myself, subscribed to a so-called unlimited internet access?modem dial-up plan provided by many local or national internet service providers (isp). however, such advertisement is often misleading. every time i left my modem connection unattended for a certain period of time (roughly 15 minutes) and walked away from my computer, the moment when i was back to my desk to get ready to surf the net, i found that the modem connection is dropped[fish3] . bad phone-line? maybe, but how it occurred so frequently with such a consistent timing?
i decided to find out what has actually gone wrong with my phone line by experimenting with extended period of non-stop net surfing. to my amazement, never once i had a bad phone-line connection.
another problem is even more irritating to me: trying to dial-up my isp just to get a repeated busy modem signal. once i got a connection, i don want to be disconnected. ok i selfish, but i抳e already paid my subscription fee!
the truth is ?ok, it is time to check the internet newsgroup for such weird behavior. after posting a mail to the newsgroup, i got a few responses. many told me this was not the fault of my phone line though sometimes it might happen. the problem is mainly due to my internet service provider (isp). they have limited modem port, ranging from a ratio of 1:20 to 1:40, i.e. 1 modem serves 20 to 40 subscribers. during the peak hours, many subscribers have extreme difficulties trying to get connected: either the line is busy, or the tcp/ip protocol is not being established even after being connected.
remedies
now i got the whole picture. immediately i thought about remedies. a sudden inspiration came to me one night: why not write a "hassle-free" program, place it in the startup folder every time the computer starts, and have it automatically placed in the taskbar (or tray notification area)? spice it up with some animation to tell me the status of the connection, i l never have to see a dropped modem connection anymore! i can now surf with impunity with the utility working in the background to ensure i never lose a connection.
i have tested the program countless times running continuously for more than 24 hours without a dropped connection. a user even reported more than 300 hours continuous online without a dropped connection! of course this program will not help if a bad phone line occurs or if you lose power, but this is rare, according to my experience[fish4] .
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