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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 bill my Bankcard, Visa, Mastercard , or American Express
- Card, number
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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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- special offers. (Fill in phone number above).
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- For further information please e-mail, phone, fax or write to
- "support" at Pegasus.
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