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- From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
- Subject: Re: Telnet Access in Boston in Dec.
- In-Reply-To: dbeachle@teal.csn.org's message of Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:01:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <BZS.92Nov16233307@world.std.com>
- Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
- Organization: The World
- References: <BxtuEr.JDF@csn.org>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:33:07 GMT
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- >I would like to find a telnet number so that I can dial in to
- >my Colorado net access. Can anyone out there from the Boston area
- >help me out or give me a lead. I am willing to pay for the access, as
- >long as it's not too much.
-
-
- Software Tool & Die
- presents
-
- T H E W O R L D
-
- The World is a service provider for Internet services. Among the
- myriad of available services are electronic mail, USENET, file
- software archives, telnet, ftp, IRC, library catalogs, and much more.
- As the first provider of public access Internet services, World is
- committed to providing cost effective, reliable network services for
- dialup customers of the Internet community.
-
- RESOURCES
-
- The World is a Solbourne SPARC server (4 CPUs, 256MB) with over 8GB of
- disk storage. The Internet connections for World are multiple high
- speed links via Alternet's commercial network. The 40+ dialup lines
- support modems with v.32bis, v.32, v.42bis, MNP5 communications.
- Modem settings are 8 bit, no parity, and 1 stop bit. A vt100 terminal
- emulation is recommended for optimal communications.
-
- RATES
-
- The World offers two billing rates which are the same 24 hours per day
- at all connection speeds. The Basic Rate plan is a $5 monthly account
- fee plus a $2 per hour usage fee. Basic Rate accounts include a .5MB
- disk quota. The 20/20 Plan is a bulk usage rate where $20 paid in
- advance buys 20 hours of online time during a one month period. This
- includes the monthly account fee and offers an increased disk quota of
- 2MB. 20/20 Plan accounts used for more than 20 hours during one month
- are billed at an hourly rate of $1 per hour for the overage.
-
- The World offers payment options via MasterCard or Visa, postal
- invoice, or email invoice. Unfortunately, we cannot accept postal or
- email billing requests from outside the United States. Additional
- discounts are available for members of the Boston Computer Society and
- for corporate customers. Send email to "info@world.std.com" for
- details.
-
- SIGNUP PROCEDURE
-
- To sign up for public access, dial 617-739-WRLD or telnet to
- world.std.com (192.74.137.5). At The World's login prompt, use the
- login "new" to begin the account request program. You will be asked a
- few questions necessary to create your account. The World will allow
- you to select your login name which will become your email address.
- Most people select their name, their initials, or a combination of
- both. Your initial password will be provided by the account creation
- software. All customers must contact our office for account
- activation after making the account request. Accounts are eligible
- for a one hour trial period (see below).
-
- THE WORLD'S STAFF
-
- The World is managed by a staff of professionals, all of whom have
- UNIX and international networking experience. We are committed to
- providing you reliable, cost effective network access. Our full time
- job is the support of The World and its software in order that you,
- our customer, can exploit the power of today's electronic community.
-
- ONE HOUR TRIAL
-
- Any person may request an account and spend one hour on the system
- with no charges being incurred. This provides an opportunity to
- investigate The World and its resources. Simply complete the account
- request procedure and take a sixty minute tour on us.
-
- OVERVIEW OF SERVICES OFFERED BY THE WORLD
-
- Electronic Mail - access to numerous networks including Internet,
- UUCP, BITNET, EUNET (Europe, Soviet Union), JANET, JUNET
- (Japan), Fidonet, BIX, Compuserve, Applelink, and MCImail
- We have all the popular unix mail programs, such as, mail,
- pine, elm, mh, mush, GNU's RMAIL, dmail, and mm.
-
- USENET - the international bulletin board system called USENET. A
- collection of over 3500 newsgroups. More than 1,000,000 people
- are reachable and over 100,000 are regular subscribers. The World
- carries the largest distribution of USENET topics. Among the
- newsreaders are rn, nn, trn, tass, and GNUS.
-
- ClariNet - UPI, and satellite news services formatted and organized
- into a USENET compatible hierarchy
-
- Modems - The modems support v.32bis, v.32, v.42bis, MNP5 communications.
- Recommended modem settings are 8 bit, no parity and 1 stop
- bit with vt100 emulation mode.
-
- Electronic Mailing Lists - Rather than trying to carry on focused
- discussions in a newsgroup you can join and form mailing lists with
- kindred souls devoted to specialized topics.
-
- Chatting - Two interactive discussion programs exist. One is the
- Internet Relay Chat (irc) and the other is Forumnet (fn). Both
- provide interactive, real-time access to people around the
- globe. IRC includes some channels for discussions in various
- languages.
-
- UNIX Software - Many of the common utilities and programs which have
- become an integral part of the UNIX environment are available.
- Unix shells include sh, csh, ksh, bash, tcsh, zsh and rc. Also,
- most popular unix utilities are available. If it is not here
- and you want to use it, ask us and we will do our best to
- provide it for you.
-
- Archie - Direct access to an archie server for software index
- retrieval is available. Archie contains indexes for most
- anonymous ftp sites available on Internet.
-
- GNU Software - The basic GNU components, like EMACS, GCC, G++, GDB,
- GAS, BASH, GAWK, are available. This is particularly useful
- for customers who are interested in software development.
-
- Games - Most games common to the UNIX environment are available.
- These include hack, moria, nethack, adventure, omega, robots,
- and tetris.
-
- Online Book Initiative - The purpose of the OBI is to create a
- publicly accessible repository for freely redistributable
- collections of textual information, a net-worker's library.
-
- Internet Access - Users have access to the various networks that form
- the international Internet. Usage is subject to each network's
- Acceptable Use Policy. The World is connected via multiple
- high speed links on the Alternet backbone. Usage on the
- Alternet network is available for all purposes including direct
- commercial use.
-
- COST EFFECTIVE LONG DISTANCE ACCESS
-
- At the present time, Boston is the only place where direct dial World
- modems exist. For access from the greater-Boston area, call
- 1-800-555-5000 for New England Telephone rates. For flat monthly
- fees, various non-measured services are offered. For outside
- Massachusetts, first check your long distance service provider. Many
- companies offer affordable rates for direct dial service particularly
- to the same number or area code. MCI is providing additional discounts
- for World customers who list us on their Friends and Family Plan.
-
- Lower cost local dial modems throughout the USA are available with
- Compuserve's Packet Network (an additional $5.60/hr added to your
- World bill, no Compuserve account required - call 800-848-8980 for
- your local number), PC-Pursuit (as low as $1/hr; available evenings,
- weekends and holidays only - call 800-736-1130), and Global Dial-Up
- Service ($39/month for unlimited usage, 24 hrs a day - call
- 703-620-6651). World is not affiliated with any of these service
- providers.
-
- *******
-
- This document was last modified on October 20, 1992
- for the latest update, use the ftp archive at world.std.com
- or send your request via email to info@world.std.com
-
- Software Tool & Die 1330 Beacon Street Brookline MA 02146
- 617-739-0202 office@world.std.com
- --
- -Barry Shein
-
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