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- ---------- "Pegasus Brochure - English" ---------- */
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- PEGASUS LEAFLET AND APPLICATION FORM ____________________________________
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- Pegasus Networks, PO Box 424, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.
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- Phone +61 66 856 789 Fax +61 66 856 962
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- e-mail: (apc) peg:support (AARNet) support@peg.pegasus.oz.au
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- JOIN THE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION - link your computer to Pegasus Networks!
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- Pegasus Networks is a computer based communications system which can help you to
- communicate more effectively. Any person with a computer can now communicate
- locally, nationally or globally with other network users...by way of a local
- telephone call.
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- By using energy efficient electronic mail and computer conferencing you can now
- contact other concerned people across Australia and in 70 other countries -
- faster than mail and cheaper than STD, ISD, fax, telex, etc. Australia-wide
- communications via Pegasus offers the potential for greater liason and
- co-operation between individuals, groups and organisations than has been
- possible in the past.
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- How can I benefit from Pegasus ?
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- Pegasus allows you to participate in worldwide and Australia- wide discussions
- on the most vital ssues of our time. Through Pegasus you can stay in touch and
- influence what actually does happen.
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- Electronic Mail: Pegasus allows you to send written messages to other users
- instantly. Mail can be sent to a single destination or simultaneously to
- several.
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- Conferencing: Instead of sending a message directly to another user, you can
- send it to a Pegasus conference. Others can reply, within the conference, in
- their own time. All messages remain visible to all users, or to a preselected
- group.
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- There are hundreds of public Pegasus conferences on relevant subjects, full of
- news, controversy, and accumulated information. Many organisations maintain
- private conferences for internal administration and discussions.
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- Calendars, News Services:
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- Some conferences are used as diaries, so you can let people know about your
- events and campaigns, and find out what others are doing.
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- Education:
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- Pegasus offers special packages for the application of computer-text based
- communication in education. Please contact Dr. Gert Gast, the Pegasus education
- coordinator, for further information.(peg:ggast)
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- What kind of computer do I need?
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- Via Pegasus, all brands of computer can talk to each other. Virtually any
- personal computer connected to a modem is compatible with Pegasus. If you don't
- have a modem, we can supply them at low cost. You don't have to dedicate your
- computer or phone line to use Pegasus. A few minutes each day will enable you to
- send and receive mail and participate in conferences.
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- How much does a Pegasus subscription cost?
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- JOINING FEES
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- A subscription to Pegasus costs $ 70 and includes our new easy-to- follow User's
- Manual, Macintosh or IBM communications software, a Reference Card, and two
- hours free off-peak time ( or one hour free during peak-time ) during the first
- month.
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- Group accounts are charged $ 175 plus $ 35 per mailbox.
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- MONTHLY ADMINISTRATION CHARGES
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- The basic monthly administration charge is $12, for a group mailbox $ 6.
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- USAGE ( PER MINUTE RATES )
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- Connect time is charged at 20 cents per minute off-peak and 40 cents per minute
- peak time. Peak is 8 am - 6 pm, Monday to Friday (Victorian time), off-peak is 6
- pm - 8 am, Monday to Friday, all weekends, and any national Public Holiday ( as
- celebrated in Victoria ) Local lines are charged 15 cents per minute ( 066 area
- code )
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- Your phone bill shows one local call each time you connect. It is the same from
- anywhere in Australia. In one minute you can send or receive up to 3 full pages
- of information.
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- Messages to overseas destinations are charged from 25 cents per page, according
- to the destination, but there is no extra charge for mail within Pegasus.
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- FAX CHARGES
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- Overseas Fax - $ 4.00 per page. Telex 60 cents per line Australian Fax - $ 2.00
- per page. Telex 20 cents per line
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- STORAGE
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- Storage Charges: Every user gets 50 pages of free storage. Excess storage costs
- 2.5 cents per page per month. Private conferences incur a $50 establishment fee.
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- ASIAN PACIFIC USERS GET A 50 % DISCOUNT ON THE ABOVE RATES
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- THERE ARE NO OTHER EXTRA CHARGES OR HIDDEN COST !
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- there are NO annual fees - No STD or AUSTPAC charges - NO frame or basic
- information charges- NO kilosegment or volume charges - NO basic storage charges
- - NO extra charges for Pegasus mail
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- Who runs Pegasus ?
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- Our staff are people with extensive experience in social change movements as
- well as in information technology.
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- Pegasus Networks is a member of the Association for Progressive Communications,
- which includes PeaceNet and EcoNet (USA), GreenNet (Europe), The Web (Canada),
- IBASE (Brazil), Nicarao (Nicaragua), PNS (Sweden), Comlink (Germany), Glasnet
- (Russia) and Chasque (Uruguay). Others are being planned or have applied for
- partnership.
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- We will help you every step of the way, from the purchase of suitable equipment
- (where necessary) at the most reasonable prices through to supplying easy to
- follow user manuals, communications software, and on-line and telephone help.
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- Who Can I Contact Through Pegasus ?
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- There are more than 1,300 users on Pegasus in Australia, and more than 12,000
- APC users around the globe, including for example:
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- Environment Groups: Australian Conservation Foundation, Earth Repair Foundation,
- Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Earth Isand, IUCN, Rainforest Information
- Centre, Rainforest Action Network, Earth First!, Coalition to Stop Food
- Irradiation, Sierra Club, Environmental Defence Fund, Environment Centres,
- Threshold, Environmental Policy Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council,
- The Wilderness Society, World Wildlife Fund, Permaculture Institute, Windstar.
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- Human Rights: Amnesty International, Survival International, Australian Tibet
- Council, Radio Vencemeros, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign.
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- Political: Democrats, Die Grunen, European Green Movement, European
- Parliament, Green Alliance, Green Labour, Parliamentarians Global, Action, Green
- Independents.
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- Peace Groups: Nuclear Freeze Campaign, SANE, War Resisters International, Beyond
- War, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Foreign
- Bases Project, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
- Ploughshares, Psychologists for Peace, Quaker Peace and Service, Womens
- International League for Peace and Freedom, Womens Actionfor Nuclear
- Disarmament, Peace and Conflict Studies, Anti-Bases Campaign.
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- Research Institutions: Climate Research Institute, Centre for Human Ecology,
- Edinburgh Uni, Centre for Alternative Technology, Centre for Conservation
- Biology, Centre for US/USSR Initiatives, Institute for Global Communications,
- Institute for Cultural Affairs, Instituto Latinamerico de Estudios
- Transnacionales, Intenational Centre for Conservation Education, International
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, International Institute of Symbiotic Studies,
- Microbiological Resources Centre, Pacific Studies Centre, Commission for the
- Future, Melbourne Uni, New England Uni, Australian Museum, NT Museums,
- International Cetacean Education Research Centre.
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- Journalists: New Internationalist, World Rainforest Report, InterPress Service,
- New Society Publishers, Simply Living, South Pacific Alternative News Service,
- Fiji Independent News Service, Nexus New Times, Pacific News Bulletin, Tribune.
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- Development : Australian Council for Overseas Aid, Community Aid Abroad,
- Oxfam, Friends Service Committee, Coalition for Nicaragua, Educators for Social
- Responsibility, Sister Cities, AIDS Coalition, Food First, Freedom from Hunger.
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- Religious: Quaker, Bahai, Episcopal Church, Interfaith Justice and Peace
- Centre, New Jewish Agenda, Unitarian Church, Osho Commune, Chenrezig Institute.
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- New Age: Aquarian Agency, Findhorn, Homeonet, Interhelp, Solstice, Hopi
- Epicentre, LETS.
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- UN Agencies: Non-Government Liason Service, University of Peace, UNESCO, United
- Nations Association, United Nations University, UNDP.
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- Ethical Investment: 4th Wave, Equasearch, Earth Bank, Advest, Money Matters.
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- GATEWAYS TO OTHER NETWORKS
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- Because of our high interconnectivity with all major academic and commercial
- networks you are not limited to Pegasus or the APC Networks. Millions of users
- on other systems can be contacted electronically as well.
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- OTHER SERVICES
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- Inexpensive modems: We can supply and help you install modems and software for
- your brand of computer.
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- Computer Support: We can link you to people able to provide technical expertise
- and training in a host of computer needs.
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- What Users Say About Pegasus :
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- John Seed, Rainforest Information Centre: "International communications that
- used to take weeks take hours. Worlds of information at my fingertips, and the
- ability to shunt it where it's needed.....Moving from a computer to Pegasus was
- like moving from a typewriter to a computer."
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- Robyn Francis, Permaculture International Magazine: "The only mail I ever
- answer is my e-mail - I must be the world's worst letter-writer if I do write,
- it's such a hassle to find an envelope, address it, get to the post
- office...with e-mail there's none of that, and it's so easy to receive and reply
- and keep organised. I'm saving hours of time, not rummaging through numerous
- piles of matters pending"
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- Friends of the Earth "EcoNet, by facilitating the rapid exchange of
- information during the Malaysian emergency, played a key role in securing the
- release of leading Friends of the Earth activists arrested under the Internal
- Security Act. The immediate international response made possible by the
- networks system gives campaigning organisations the edge in emergencies
- which can mean the difference between success and failure".
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- Brian Fitzgerald, Greenpeace International "We've found it very useful in our
- work, and it is quickly becoming essential. A couple of weeks ago our
- European trustees were meeting in Hamburg. They needed a twelve page report
- to proceed with an agena item, but the only copy was in England. Within half
- an hour they had the entire report in hand for less than the cost of postage.
- Planetary protection needs planetary communication. Keep up the good work.
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- Peter Gabriel, Musician "Information is power. Much of the information
- revolution grew in the womb of the military and the multinationals. It is time
- to take it into the hands and homes of the people and to make it accessible to
- those working to improve the world. These networks deserve to succeed."
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- Pegasus Networks is an autonomous member of the Association for Progressive
- Communications, a world-wide body dedicated to providing a low-cost global
- communications service for people and organisations working for peace and the
- environment.
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- Any individual or organisation can become a member of Pegasus.
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- * * * JOIN PEGASUS NOW ! * * *
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- Send your application form to
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- Pegasus, Box 424, Byron Bay, 2481, Australia
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- Please register me/ my organisation/ company
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- Client Name:
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- Contact name (if different):
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- Preferred mailbox id (No capitals or punctuation, eg: jsmith, aaasyd, zzmel2,
- etc):
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- Address:
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- City: Postcode:
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- Phone (h): (w):
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- Voluntary details for Online User List:
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- Computer Skills:
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- Member of:
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- Keywords (areas of interest etc, eg nuclear, wildlife, media):
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- My $ 70 cheque is in the post (pay to "Pegasus Networks")
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- Please bill my Bankcard, Visa, Mastercard , or American Express Card, number
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- Expiry date / Start date /
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- Name on card:
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- Monthly user charges. For administrative simplicity, we can bill your monthly
- charges to your credit card. We need a signed authorisation from you to debit
- your specified charge account monthly for the previous months accrued charges.
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- Please tick ( )
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- ( ) I am not ready to sign up yet, but please keep me informed. (Fill in
- address above).
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- ( ) I need a modem &/or software, please call me about the Pegasus special
- offers. (Fill in phone number above).
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- I was introduced to Pegasus by:
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- For further information please e-mail, phone, fax or write to "support" at
- Pegasus.
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- Topic 34 new earthnet brochure ianp sydney.projects 8:53 am Sep 29,
- 1992
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- Michael, I need a quick layout of this as a concept for a meeting on Friday.
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- What we are looking at is progressively changing the old triple fold brochures
- to double fol;d on higher quality paper. Also having generic sign up forms and
- prices sheets.
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- This is first cab off the rank - a new EarthNet brochure. Can you do a quick
- layout for us and fax it by Friday am?
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- EARTHNET COPY
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- should be A4 folded to A5 - 1 sheet folded.
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- front cover - as per old earthnet brochure -
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- with new address of course.
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- NB brochure no longer includes join up form which is separate.
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- INSIDE COPY
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- BANNER ACROSS BOTH FOLDS -
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- EarthNet offers you the world - and delivers it!
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- copy
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- What is EarthNe can now contact other people across Australia and in 100 other
- countries - faster than mail and cheaper than STD, ISD, fax, telex, etc.
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- Communications via EarthNet offers the potential for global co-operation in
- addressing the crucial issues of our time.
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- How will I benefit from EarthNet?
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- We all need better communications - and access to relevant information.
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- By allowing you to participate in worldwide and Australia-wide discussions on
- vital issues, EarthNet keeps you in touch and allows you to influence what
- actually does happen.
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- By using our electronic mail facilities, which allow messages or documents to be
- sent to a single destination or simultaneously to several, you can reduce
- communications time and costs significantly.
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- By using either private conferences for your specific group, or by participating
- in any of the 2000 specialised public conferences available, you can be
- informed, organised, and involved - and find the information you need. Our
- unique conferencing software allows you to broadcast your messages, which can be
- seen and responded to by all other participants.
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- Our various news services from many countries and organisations allow you to
- access the information you need.
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- Save Time and Money - and Trees! EarthNet allows you to send messages, letters
- or documents instantly for pennies per page. No more waste paper, unnecessary
- copying, addressing, folding, stuffing or mailing!
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- What Kind of Computer do I need?
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- Via EarthNet, all brands of computer can talk to each other.
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- Virtually any personal computer connected to a modem is compatible with
- EarthNet. If you dont have a modem or communications software, we can supply
- them at low cost.
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- You don't have to "dedicate" your computer or phone line to use EarthNet. A few
- minutes each day will ee saving your time on line. If you have any problems at
- all, our Support Hotline will fix them for you. Millions of people use this sort
- of communications now!
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- Can I contact other networks?
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- You sure can! EarthNet is well-connected in every respect. We have gateways to
- most major global networks, including our Internet gateway to the world's
- largest computer network, with sites all over the world. Many of these can be
- accessed in real time. We also provide the Australian gateway to the Association
- for Progressive Communications (APC), the world wide network specialising in
- social issues. Closer to home, EarthNet membership entitles you to access our
- other Australian networks, including LandcareNet , CouncilNet , etc.
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- Who Runs EarthNet?
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- EarthNet is operated in Australia by Pegasus Networks, staffed by people with
- extensive experience in peace and environment movements as well as in
- information technology.
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- EarthNet began by linking grassroots groups to each other. As the service grew,
- we found that libraries, government departments, environmental consultants and
- educational institutions also needed services like this.
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- We also found that large global events such as the Earth Summit in Brazil needed
- our sort of service. EarthNet was proud to be associated with this event with
- our global APC partners , in linking non government organisations and government
- organisations to each other and the world.
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- Whether you are a concerned individual, a grassroots organisation, or a
- representative of a transnational company, we invite you to join us in global
- co-operation for a better world.
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- THINK GLOBALLY - DIAL LOCALLY.
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- Who Can I contact through EarthNet?
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- Old copy - PLUS...
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- 17,000 APC users in 96 countries
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- over 1 million Internet users
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- many other services
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- the possibilities are endless........
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- Back Page -
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- Quality Service -
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- Pegasus Networks, which runs EarthNet, has a proud reputation for supporting its
- subscribers, both in finding information on the network and in overcoming
- technical problems. We believe you deserve the best - from easy to read manuals,
- friendly software, installation help, to advice on where to find information.
- Call our Support Hotline when you need us!
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- What Users are Saying - old copy.
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- drop sponsors stuff at end
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