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Searching for URLs is no simple matter

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Why you can trust SCMP

Quite often I view URLs on the Web and would like further information. Unfortunately, many Web sites omit to put their e-mail contact at the bottom of the page. Is there any program able to identify what e-mail addresses are allocated to a specific URL site? I know all about Four 11 and Bigfoot, etc - but that takes much more time and effort and usually returns US-listed details.

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Does Hongkong Telecom offer options between standard lines and ISDN? I have a new Zoom 56KFlex modem version 1.12 and the fastest I have been able to connect to Netvigator is 40,000 kbps. Mostly I get only 34,000 kbps. I have had the phone company change the outside cable and still I get slow connections, obviously due to line noise.

JAMES MIDDLETON Hong Kong If I understand your question correctly, to do what you want, a program would have to be able to go through the databases of every single Internet network information centre (NIC) in the world and look for details registered to specific URLs. I do not think there is any program that covers all the national NIC systems.

Even if there was such a program, it may not do you any good since the information given at registration may not necessarily match the Web site owner's personal e-mail address. This is the kind of question that a mass e-mailer would want answered and I, for one, am glad that there is no piece of software that does what you want.

As for Hongkong Telecom's offerings, the company's answer is 'no'. However, all is not lost. With the new 112 kbps modems that have been launched by the likes of Diamond and Boca Research, you can almost match the speed of an ISDN connection.

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Using a technique called 'double phone-line' bonding, these devices require the use of two analogue phone connections, both of which are used to carry data at speeds of up to 56 kbps. They are combined at the modem end into one 112 kbps stream. Diamond's version, the Shotgun Spurasonic II, was developed in partnership with Ascend, and uses K56Flex technology. It should be noted the ISP you connect to must be using Ascend equipment using Multichannel Protocol Plus (MP+) technology. For more information http://www.diamondmm.com/shot gun on the Web. Diamond expects the Shotgun modems to be available in Asia within a matter of weeks. Its Hong Kong distributor is Tiger Information Systems.
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