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- UUNET General Information
-
- UUNET Technologies, Inc. is an international networking corporation
- providing domestic and international communications and information
- services to its customers worldwide.
-
- WHAT DOES UUNET DO?
-
- UUNET's electronic mail and news services provide a dedicated,
- accessible, and reliable facility for international electronic mail and
- electronic news, including mail access to the Internet.
-
- UUNET offers access to:
-
- * UUCP mail
-
- - Over 2,500 direct mail connections
-
- - UUNET is an authorized Internet mail gateway, and can act
- as your Internet mail forwarder.
-
- - UUNET serves as the principal gateway to European, Australian
- Asian, and South American UUCP sites.
-
- * USENET news
-
- - UUNET offers a full or partial news feed; all news groups
- are offered.
-
- - Over 1,000 news feeds
-
- * Publicly available UNIX software and information
-
- - Available via UUCP, magnetic tape, or 900 number
-
- - GNU, MIT X Window System, Kermit
-
- - Berkeley 4BSD (not requiring AT&T license)
-
- - Bug fixes and files from Sun, Pyramid, SCO, and Microsoft
-
- * NSFnet access, for AlterNet customers with appropriate authorizations
-
-
- UUNET offers the following services:
-
- * AlterNet, a public TCP/IP Internet without traffic type restrictions
-
- * UUCP mail gateway to Internet sites and other UUCP hosts
-
- * Domain registrations at no charge to subscribers, and a nominal
- charge to non-subscribers
-
- * Customer support 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday
-
- * Operator support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
-
-
- UUNET also offers the following at a substantial discount:
-
- * Telebit modems
-
- * Uninterruptible Power Supplies
-
- * Nutshell Handbooks
-
- * Other books of interest
-
-
- WHEN IS SERVICE AVAILABLE?
-
- UUNET's facility is staffed and operational 24 hours a day, seven days
- a week.
-
-
- WHICH ACCESS METHODS ARE AVAILABLE?
-
- * From within the United States:
-
- - Dial your closest CompuServe network access number (local
- from thousands of US cities). You are then connected
- to UUNET via the X.25 public data network. No registration
- with CompuServe is necessary.
-
- - Direct dial modem at our San Jose, CA; Palo Alto, CA;
- Berkeley, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Boston, MA; Austin, TX;
- Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; New York City, NY; Portland, OR;
- and Falls Church, VA hubs
-
- - 800 number
-
- - 900 number for anonymous access to our archive
-
- * Connection Methods
-
- - UUNET supports all standard modems
- (V.32 / V.32bis / V.22bis / Bell 212A / Bell 103)
-
- - For those of you with UNIX platforms, you only need the
- standard UNIX UUCP programs. For those with non-UNIX
- platforms, software is available through commercial vendors.
-
- * Modem Types
-
- - UUNET uses Telebit T2500 and WorldBlazer modems
-
- - We support Telebit PEP / 9600 V.32 / V.32bis / 2400 / 1200
- / 300 bps
-
-
- WHY SHOULD I SUBSCRIBE TO UUNET?
-
- UUNET provides the largest and best connected UUCP mail service in the
- world. AlterNet provides an inexpensive, high quality public TCP/IP
- network service for commercial or private use, or for an Internet
- connection.
-
- If your organization has come to depend on electronic mail and
- news as part of its daily business, you need a professional
- communications service you can depend on.
-
-
- UUNET offers you:
-
- SAVINGS UUNET can reduce your communication costs, especially
- if you are presently paying for long distance calls to
- send or receive UUCP mail or news. UUNET offers discounts
- on modems and other computer equipment, and books.
-
- RELIABILITY UUNET exists as a communications relay. It will never
- be unavailable due to other work. Our facility is
- operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and uses an
- uninterruptible power system.
-
- AVAILABILITY UUNET is the best connected news machine in the country.
- All news groups are offered.
-
- ACCESSIBILITY UUNET is an authorized Internet mail gateway as well as
- serving as the principal gateway to European, Australian,
- Asian, and South American UUCP sites.
-
- ARCHIVES UUNET has an extensive archive of publicly available
- UNIX software.
-
-
- HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO UUNET?
-
- We have several subscription options for users with different needs.
- The options and pricing are described below. Call us and ask for the
- General Information Packet on UUNET and AlterNet. Fill out the UUNET
- Subscription Form and send the original in to us.
-
- Subscription options are:
-
- * Regular uucp
- Our basic service provides electronic mail and news connectivity for
- $36 per month plus your connect hours. Charges for connect hours
- are listed below.
-
- TYPE RATE MINIMUM
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- REGULAR UUCP
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Account Charge | $36.00 monthly | 1 month
- | |
- Local Inbound (a) | $2.60 hourly | 1 min.
- Local Outbound (b) | $2.60 hourly | 3.6 min.
- | |
- Remote Inbound (c) | $5.60 hourly | 1 min.
- | |
- Compuserve Modem (d) | $5.60 hourly | 1 min.
- | |
- Inbound (800) and | |
- Remote Outbound Daytime | $16.00 hourly | 1 min.
- | |
- Inbound (800) and | |
- Remote Outbound Evening | $13.00 hourly | 1 min.
- | |
- Inbound (800) and | |
- Remote Outbound Night | $10.00 hourly | 1 min.
-
- (a) All calls to our Falls Church, Virginia headquarters
-
- (b) Local calls placed from our Falls Church, Virginia headquarters
-
- (c) Calls placed to any of our hubs other than Falls Church,
- Virginia
-
- (d) A CompuServe surcharge also applies to all geographic areas
- outside the continental United States. Call UUNET for the rate.
-
-
- * Low Volume Users
- All sites are entitled to three connect hours per month for an annual
- fee of $300, paid in advance. Customers may connect via local dialup,
- remote dialup, or the CompuServe remote network (CompuServe charges
- are included in the fee). Discounts do not apply.
-
- In addition, customers may use UUNET's 800 number for an additional
- $180 per year (total $480, paid in advance). Discounts do not
- apply.
-
- Restrictions
- - Sites exceeding three connect hours will be charged at
- regular UUNET rates for the entire monthly usage, not
- just the excess. This includes the $36 administrative fee.
-
- - The yearly fee is non-refundable and will not be prorated
- for partial months.
-
- - This offer is only available in the continental USA and may
- be withdrawn at any time.
-
- * TCP/IP
- A TCP/IP account is available only if you are an Internet site. Total
- cost per month is $55, which includes the $36 account fee plus a
- $19 TCP/IP service fee.
-
- * Foreign
- Sites not in the USA, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands
- must apply for a foreign account. The cost for a foreign site is
- US $432 per year, prepaid to UUNET Technologies. Foreign sites are
- responsible for their own communication connection to UUNET. Discounts
- do not apply. Sites in Canada and India should contact UUNET in
- those countries.
-
-
- WHO DO I CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS?
-
- Please contact us and ask for Customer Support.
-
-
- WHERE IS UUNET?
-
- The address is:
-
- UUNET Technologies, Inc.
- 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
- Falls Church, Virginia 22042 USA
- +1 800 4UUNET4 (voice)
- +1 703 204 8000 (voice)
- +1 703 204 8001 (fax)
- info@uunet.uu.net
-
- AlterNet and UUNET are registered trade marks of UUNET Technologies. Inc.
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- 061793
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