From pozar@kumr.lns.com Mon Feb 22 04:24:52 1993 Received: from kumr.lns.com by fido.wps.com (5.67/1.34) id AA00286; Mon, 22 Feb 93 04:24:24 -0800 Received: by kumr.lns.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.3) id ; Mon, 22 Feb 93 04:24 PST Message-Id: From: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) Subject: Colorado SuperNet Information (fwd) To: tomj@kumr.lns.com (Tom Jennings) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 04:24:24 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 25253 Status: OR A sample form and description of another network... Tim --- CSN Automatic Information wrote: > From csn.org!daemon Mon Feb 22 04:22:10 1993 > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 05:21:51 -0700 > Message-Id: <199302221221.AA26791@csn.org> > From: CSN Automatic Information > To: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) > Cc: trent@csn.org > Subject: Colorado SuperNet Information > In-Reply-To: ; from pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) at Mon, 22 Feb 1993 04:21:34 -0800 (PST) > Reply-To: trouble@csn.org > > Enclosed you will find detailed information about Colorado SuperNet's > services. > > This message was automatically generated by a program. If you have any > problems or questions that need personal attention, send them to > trouble@csn.org. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your interest in Colorado SuperNet's Dialin service. > > Enclosed you will find: > o Introduction to CSN's Dialin Service > o Dialin Rates and Billing Procedures > o What is the Internet Good For? > o Dialin Connections Tutorial > o The NSFNET Backbone Services Acceptable Use Policy > o Dialin Terms and Conditions > o Dialin Registration Form. > > Please contact us if we can answer any questions. We look forward to > serving you. > > P.S. Note: we used to cater to CO only - that is no longer the case. > > > > > > > > Ken Harmon > Gayle Kolin > Tricia O'Keefe > David Menges > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. Introduction to CSN's Dialin Service > David C. Menges Report #2 (ver 1.5, 92 Dec 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > What is Colorado SuperNet? > Colorado SuperNet is a non-profit organization formed by the State of > Colorado in 1986 with a mission of promoting use of the Internet for > research, education, and economic growth. SuperNet offers both Dedicated > and Dialin connections; it's Dedicated network reaches most universities > and large high tech companies. We have numerous projects in K-12, > state/city government, commercial, and library arenas. > > What is Dialin Service? > We offer access to the Internet's online services: > Email electronic mail to/from the Internet and gated networks > News "USENET" - a large networked bulletin board system > Telnet remote login to hosts or services (like electronic libraries) > Ftp file transfer of documents and public domain program source > etc. Archie, Gopher, WAIS, and other resource searching tools. > > We do this via several types of connections: > Interactive a Unix shell or a menu user interface > UUCP Unix-to-Unix batch transfer of mail/news/files > SLIP/PPP TCP/IP over modems > XRemote NCD's X terminal protocol. > > Other features include reliable support (including an 800 24 hr pager), > training, Domain service, email-to-fax, anonymous ftp space, Clarinet > (UPI) and local newsgroups. Client-end installations can be arranged > directly with us or via our consultant referral service. > > Where is Dialin available? > There are currently 12 local calling areas served in Colorado: > Alamosa Durango Greeley > Boulder/Denver Ft. Collins Gunnison > Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Pueblo > Dillon Grand Junction Telluride > Access for the rest of the state (and from the USA for travelers) > is provided via 800 service. > > What does Dialin cost? > See the attached CSN Report #3. > > How is Dialin offered? > Our modems support speeds of V.32bis and below (some PEP), and all error > correction and compression standards. Hosts, terminal servers, and > software tools are all state of the art. You will need to provide for > appropriate hardware and software on your end. > > For more information, contact: > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. > Colorado School of Mines > 1500 Illinois > Golden, CO 80401 > 303-273-3471, fax 303-273-3475 > info@csn.org or csn!info > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. Dialin Rates and Billing Procedures > Gayle Kolin Report #3 (ver 2.2, 92 Dec 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > Access Rates. > The basic rate is $2/hr regardless of connection type or modem speed. > Connect time is measured to the nearest second, and rounded up for calls > less than $.01. There is no monthly minimum or administrative charge. > The rate is lowered to $1/hr 0am - 6am. > > Startup costs vary by protocol type: > Interactive $ 20 for 1, $100 for 10, $500 for 100, etc. > UUCP $ 40 > SLIP or PPP $100 > Interactive startup costs for K-12 schools are waived. > > There is a $250/month/login maximum - after that it's considered unlimited > use. This max is based on a calendar month, not your sign-up date. > > We reserve the right to charge for access via telnet or ftp sessions > from another Internet host at $1/hr, but currently do not. > > Access for folks outside our calling areas, whether inside Colorado or > traveling in the US, is available via an 800 service. There is a $5/hr > surcharge and no monthly cap. > > It is difficult for us to offer deals better than this, because we are > a nonprofit and cut ourselves close - but you can ask. > > Other services. > We charge for continuous use of home and ftp disk space over 1M at the > rate of $.50/M/month. Use of temporary space (/tmp, /usr/spool) is free. > If you buy an approved disk the maintenance fee drops to $.05/M/month. > Note you must save old mail in your home directory, not /usr/spool/mail. > > Domains and network addresses incur a one-time $20 setup charge apiece. > > We make a best effort to provide excellent support for connection > and Internet questions. There is a limit to this, of course. Extended > support can be arranged, with CSN as general contractor or via our > contractor referral program. Typical rates are $35-$60/hr; ask for > estimates of common work. > > Billing. > We bill quarterly: Jan 1, Apr 1, Jul 1, Oct 1. An online tool is > provided to check status. Monies may be sent ahead of time, to effect > a depleted account model. Send checks or money orders, not cash. > > Address. > All accounting communications should be directed to Gayle Kolin, > gkolin@csn.org, at the afore-mentioned address. > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. What is the Internet Good For? > David C. Menges Report #44 (ver 1.0, 92 Dec 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > It's a Net, a Road, a Community, a Market. > The Internet is a world-wide network based on ethernet TCP/IP protocols > with gateways to other networks. It started in the USA a decade ago as > a military net; the current backbone is sponsored by NSF as the NSFNET, > which might be renamed NREN, National Research and Education Network, aka > Al Gore. It reaches most universities, high tech companies, and > military sites, and is appealing to a wider audience like hospitals. > > The net can be compared to our road system: the interstates are the > NSFNET, with states or groups of states (similar to regional phone companies > like PacBell) managing local connections. There is one interchange for > Colorado, at NCAR in Boulder. So, taxes have paid for the road system > and everyone has cars (computers) - all you have to do is build a driveway. > > You'll meet kindred spirits on the net. We use what we preach and can > keep up with a magnitude more people than we could via phone tag, and > attend a magnitude fewer meetings. Some 20M people worldwide use it daily. > > The Internet is becoming a market place. Commercial TCP/IP providers > are springing up, and Appropriate Use Policies are going away. > > Online Services. > There are four basic online services the Internet offers: electronic > mail (from most environments), news (a bulletin board system), telnet > (remote login to other computers or online services like libraries - > similar to what your terminal emulator does), and ftp (file transfer > protocol, similar to xmodem). > > New features address the lack of directories or maps of the Internet: > tools like Archie, Gopher, and WAIS help find resources out there. > Expect to see vast growth in the "virtual BBSs" arena, especially in > the area of community information and commercial "malls". > > The Bad News. > The bad news of the Internet is that, though it gets an "A" for basic > transport services, in general it only earns a "D" for ease of use and > online directories and maps. This will change. > > Future. > The Internet is quickly becoming THE backbone for the world's data > communications needs. Information providers such as Dialog and > Compuserve are joining the net. Where today you dial a half dozen > numbers to reach different services, tomorrow you'll dial one to > connect to the "cyberspace", just as you only have one driveway. > > See Also. > CSN Report #45 "Bibliography" for a list of layman's-level Internet books. > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. Dialin Connections Tutorial > David C. Menges Report #39 (ver 1.0, 92 Dec 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > Interactive. > Interactive connections are easy: all you need is a terminal emulator > (like Microphone for the Mac or Procomm for the PC - public domain ones > available), a modem, and a phone line. You have your choice of a menu > or several shells, if you like Unix. Interactive gives you access to > all online Internet services - email, news, telnet, ftp, etc. - but > relative to our host: if you want to print a nifty message, you have > to know how to download it with xmodem, ymodem, zmodem, or kermit (we > support all of them). You're stuck with our menu, mailer, etc. too. > > UUCP. > UUCP, which stands for Unix to Unix CoPy, is an older batch-oriented > file transfer protocol. In the days before the Internet, UUCP was > used to call Unix neighbors and transfer files, usually email and news. > It has been ported to most platforms (both commercially and public > domain), and can provide a local look & feel to email and news (because > it's batch-oriented, it doesn't provide access to telnet or ftp). UUCP > packages come with a "cron" feature, so your machine will call our service > once/hour or once/day and transfer email and news in both directions. > UUCP can coexist on a single voice phone line and minimize your connect > time with us, because it only takes 20 seconds to transfer mail that > you've written off line, compared to the 20 minutes you might have spent > interactively. Some members also get an interactive login for the > occasional telnet/ftp. > > SLIP. > SLIP is ethernet or TCP/IP protocols over high speed modems, so you're > directly on the Internet as much as anyone. It's functionally equivalent > to a Dedicated connection, so if you plan to upgrade it can ease your > users' retraining needs. It also has been ported to most platforms and > can provide a local look and feel (especially for Macs) to Internet > services. It differs from Interactive in that online service is relative > to your host, not our's - so printing that file is a snap. SLIP can > connect a whole network, and is often left up 24 hrs/day. > > Domain Name Service. > Domain Name Service (DNS) is what makes the right hand of Internet email > addresses (the mit.edu in "joe@mit.edu") work. We recommend domain names > to everyone: it simplifies your address, and no matter how your internal > network grows or your link to the Internet changes, your email address > stays the same. We can provide domain service on any type of connection. > If you are a company, school, or non-profit, you'll probably want to have > an organizational top level domain: .EDU, .COM, etc. If you are an > individual, you can join the .US domain (yourhost.city.CO.US). > > Internet addresses. > You need an Internet address only if you are directly on the Internet > with SLIP or Dedicated service. If you have a single host, we can give > you a number out of a pool; if you are connecting a net, you should > apply for a class C (256 addresses) or a class B (64K addresses). To > avoid confusion it is best to apply through us. > > News feeds. > Netnews, news, or USENET, is the Internet's distributed bulletin board > system. There are >3K newsgroups, ranging from public technical and > non-technical ones to UPI news feeds and local or internal newsgroups. > A full news feed is about 50K/day now and if you save it 10-14 days > you'll need a lot of disk and a fast modem. Some SLIPers use UUCP to > move news so it doesn't impact telnet/ftp response. "Sanitized" news > feeds are available for K-12 sites. > > Miscellaneous. > We also support NCR's XRemote X terminal protocol (faster than X over > SLIP, and a cheap way to have X in the home), via an interactive login. > > We will probably support Apple's Appletalk Remote Access (ARA) everywhere > by 3Q93 (waiting on our equipment vendors to support it). > > SuperNet's original, and still the largest, business is in the Dedicated > service market: 56K, T1 (1.5Mbit/sec), and limited ISDN. Contact us for > details. We are experimenting with newer technologies like SMDS, Frame > Relay, and ATM. > > Registration Form Hints. > Organization: If you work at the X Corp. but this is a privately-funded > login, don't fill this in. > > Interactive login name: No group logins, please - bad for security (if > you really need a group handle, aliases are free). If you are applying for > multiple logins, scribble on the side or back - we need full names for > everyone, though. Maximum of 8 characters, all lower case, no special > characters, no profanity. Quantity rates apply only to logins applied for > at one time. No other restrictions, though a login must be unique - first > come, first served (our namespace is getting crowded - we are looking at > alternatives). Interactive logins take about one day to set up. > > UUCP and SLIP Hostnames: The best hostnames for gateway computers are some > permutation of the company name. In general the same rules apply as for > interactive, though hostnames can be longer than 8 characters. The login > name is made up of a capital "U" and the first 7 letters of your hostname; > this does not affect email addresses. UUCP logins take about 3 days to > setup, SLIP about 7 working days. > > Domain names: Anything goes as long as it's unique, though there are > practical length limits. Once you've been assigned a domain by the NIC, > you are free to subdomain it anyway you like: engr.yoyodyne.com, > acct.yoyodyne.com, etc. We have reserved CO.EDU for K-12, CO.GOV for city > and state governments, CO.ORG for nonprofits, etc. Creating a new domain > takes the NIC about 10 working days (sometimes much longer); transfering > an existing domain to us is tricky and can take up to 3 weeks. > > Internet Addresses: Class Bs are hard to get now. A few class Cs are > best for multiple sites. Time frame about same as Domains. > > Mailing Lists and Directories: CSN maintains several Colorado-oriented > mailing lists: k12 for K12ers, libnet for librarians, etc. Most are light > traffic; many echoed to a local csn.ml. newsgroup. Mail to > -request@csn.org to add/delete yourself. We are working on > an online directory service; you will be able to update your own information. > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. The NSFNET Backbone Services Acceptable Use Policy > NSF Report #80 (ver 1.0, 92 Feb 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > General Priciple. > 1. NSFNET Backbone services are provided to support open research and > education in and among US research and instructional institutions, > plus research arms of for-profit firms when engaged in open > scholarly communication and research. Use for other purposes is > not acceptable. > > Specifically Acceptable Uses. > 2. Communication with foreign researchers and educators in connection > with research or instruction, as long as any network that the > foreign user employs for such communication provides reciprocal > access to US researchers and educators. > > 3. Communication and exchange for professional development, to > maintain currency, or to debate issues in a field or subfield of > knowledge. > > 4. Use for disciplinary-society, university-association, > government-advisory, or standards activities related to the user's > research and instructional activities. > > 5. Use in applying for or administering grants or contracts for > research or instruction, but not for other fundraising or public > relations activities. > > 6. Any other administrative communications or activities in direct > support of research and instruction. > > 7. Announcements of new products or services for use in research or > instruction, but not advertising of any kind. > > 8. Any traffic originating from a network of another member agency of > the Federal Networking Council if the traffic meets the acceptable > use policy of that agency. > > 9. Communication incidental to otherwise acceptable use, except for > illegal or specifically unacceptable use. > > Unacceptable Uses. > 10. Use for for-profit activities (consulting for pay, sales or > administration of campus stores, sale of tickets to sports events, > and so on) or use by for-profit institutions unless covered by the > General Principle or as a specifically acceptable use. > > 11. Extensive use for private or personal business. > > This statement applies to use of the the NSFNET Backbone only. NSF > expects that connecting networks will formulate their own use > policies. The NSF Division of Networking and Communications Research > and Infrastructure will resolve any questions about this Policy or its > interpretation. > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. Dialin Terms and Conditions > David Menges Report #4 (ver 1.1, 92 Jun 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > 1. Colorado SuperNet, Inc. (CSN) may only be used for lawful purposes. > Transmission of any material in violation of any US or state regulation is > prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, > threatening or obscene material, or material protected by trade secret. You > agree to indemnify and hold harmless CSN from any claims resulting from your > use of the service which damages you or another party. > > 2. Use of any information obtained via CSN is at your own risk. CSN specific- > ally denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information > obtained through its services. CSN exercises no control whatsoever over the > content of the information residing on or passing through it. This account is > not to facilitate access to commercial, for-pay services. > > 3. CSN makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, for the > service it is providing. CSN also disclaims any warranty of merchantability > or fitness for a particular purpose. CSN will not be responsible for any > damages you suffer. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non- > deliveries, misdeliveries, or service interruptions caused by it's own > negligence or your errors or omissions. > > 4. Use of other organization's networks or computing resources must comply > with the rules appropriate for that network. You agree to abide by the NSFNET > Backbone Services Acceptable Use Policy, as applicable. > > 5. CSN or other relevant authorities may determine inappropriate usage of this > account and the privilege may be revoked at CSN's discretion. Should this > occur, you will be informed in writing. > > 6. CSN may occasionally require new registration and account information from > you to continue the service. You will notify CSN of any changes in your > account information. > > 7. You agree to the rates and billing procedures as set forth in the current > version of Dialin Service Rates and Billing (CSN Report #3). CSN reserves the > right to change the rates and otherwise modify this agreement upon 30 days > notice to you. Use of CSN after the effective date constitutes acceptance of > the new terms and conditions. > > 8. These Terms and Conditions reflect the entire agreement of the parties and > supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings of the > parties. These terms and conditions shall be governed and interpreted in > accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, United States of America. > > > I understand and will abide by the above Terms and Conditions for this service. > > > ___________________________________ __________________ > Subscriber's signature Date > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Colorado SuperNet, Inc. Dialin Registration Form > Tricia O'Keefe Report #6 (ver 1.6, 92 Dec 01) > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > Fill this out and fax, email, or USPS to us. Sign the Terms and Conditions > and USPS to us. You may send money now or wait for a bill. > > > Date: _______________ > > > Client Information: > Name: __________________________________________________ > Organization: __________________________________________________ > Street: __________________________________________________ > City: ____________________ State: _____ Zip: _________ > Phone: ______________________ Fax: ______________________ > Billing addr: __________________________________________________ > (or "same") __________________________________________________ > Brief description of what your organization does: > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Connection Types: > ___ Interactive: > Login name __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > Shell (sh, csh, tcsh, zsh, ________________ > bash, ksh, menu) > Modem (optional) ________________ > > ___ UUCP: > Hostname __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > Contact@Hostname ________________ > > ___ SLIP, etc: > Hostname __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > Contact@Hostname ________________ > SLIP, CSLIP, or PPP? ________________ > > > Other Services: > ___ Domain Name ________________ > Existing domain name? ________________ > > ___ Network Address (class B, C) ________________ > Existing network numbers? ________________ > How many hosts do/will you have now ___ 1 yr ___ 2 yr ___ 5 yr ___? > > ___ I wish to be included on these mailing lists (circle): > k12, libnet, isdn, ug, health, uaccess (Mac UUCP), consultants, > classes, databases, packet (radio) > ___ I wish to be listed in an online "white pages" directory. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Office use: > database ___ adduser ___ accounting ___ newuser packet ___ other ___ > -- Internet: pozar@kumr.lns.com FidoNet: Tim Pozar @ 1:125/555 Snail: Tim Pozar / KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108 / USA Voice: +1 415 788 2022