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GLASNET INFORMATION         Version 3.5          6 May 1994

"GlasNet" - A Non-Profit Computer Network for Information
Interchange

GlasNet is the first non-profit, non-governmental
telecommunications network to be established in the Former Soviet
Union.  It is a network for people there who have access to
electronic communication equipment; typically a personal computer
of some kind and a modem (See Appendix B below for more
information on modems).  Anyone with access to the Internet or any
of the networks listed below can exchange Email with GlasNet
users.

GlasNet was featured in a March 9, 1994 page 1 story in the New
York Times on Russian networking by Michael Specter; a text file
version can be supplied by Email; send requests to
[e-mail]

GlasNet's goal is to offer easy and inexpensive information
exchange between diverse groups within the Former Soviet Union,
including scientists, educators, cultural groups, journalists,
environmentalists, business people, computer enthusiasts, and so
forth.  It also enables Former Soviet Union groups and individuals
to correspond electronically with their counterparts in the
Americas, Europe, and Asia.  GlasNet is non-profit (revenues are
kept equal to expenses), and serves the communication needs of pro
bono groups in the Former Soviet Union who could not otherwise
afford modern communication services.  Charges to GlasNet users in
the Former Soviet Union are entirely in rubles, and will be kept
as low as possible while maintaining good system services.
GlasNet has been operating in Moscow since March of 1991.

Thanks to the International Science Foundation for the Former
Soviet Union, GlasNet Moscow now has a direct connection to the
Internet.  GlasNet service between Moscow and other parts of the
Internet is reliable and rapid; typical Email messages exchanged
between the US and Moscow arrive at their destination a second or
two after they were sent.

GlasNet is a member of the Association for Progressive
Communications (APC), a global network-of-networks with host
computers in Argentina (Wamani), Australia (Pegasus), Brasil
(AlterNex), Canada (Web), Ecuador (Ecuanex), England (GreenNet),
Germany (ComLink), Mexico (LaNeta), Nicaragua (Nicarao), Slovenija
(Histria), South Africa (SangoNet), Sweden (NordNet), Ukraine
(GLUK), Uruguay (Chasque), and the USA (IGC - PeaceNet,EcoNet)

Two Sun workstations have been donated to GlasNet Moscow by Sun
Microsystems; this new equipment should increase perfomance by a
factor of 2 to 4.    The Moscow in-dial modems support speeds from
300 to 14,400 bps, and a wide range of protocols including V.32
bis, V.42, and MNP.  The current GlasNet Moscow hardware
configuration supports up to 4,000 user accounts; of these
approximately 40 can be on line simultaneously, depending on how
many access ports (local Moscow dial-in, ISKRA, and X.25) are
available.

GlasNet also has a host computer system operating in Kiev,
operating since December of 1992.  For more detail on this system
send Email to [e-mail].

Collaboration among scientists, business people, and other
specialists in the USA has been facilitated in recent years
through the use of computer-based electronic mail and conferencing
capabilities, allowing people in different parts of the country to
work on joint projects, access data banks and information in
computers all across the country, and electronically publish new
work.  These powerful capabilties are now becoming available to
the general public, the non-profit community in particular,
through such services as PeaceNet and EcoNet.

It is the goal of GlasNet to provide similar performance-enhancing
services to the fast-emerging independent sectors in the Former
Soviet Union, offering users easy access to friends, colleagues,
and potential associates in the Former Soviet Union and abroad.

Users from many other places in the Former Soviet Union regularly
access their GlasNet accounts using long distance calls, GlasNet
accounts have been accessed in this way from as far away as
Irkutsk and Vladivostok.  Access is also available from many
Former Soviet Union cities via local calls to Public Data Networks
making X.25 connections to GlasNet.  See Appendix C for more
details.

Services available to GlasNet users include:

Electronic Mail

GlasNet subscribers are able to exchange messages with others on
GlasNet, other users within APC, or with users belonging to many
other networks through APC "gateways."

Networks accessible through these gateways include: ALTERNEX,
America Online, Applelink, ARPANET, AT&T LandMail, AT&T MAIL,
Bitnet, BIX, BOLNET, C-Net, CARINET, CGNET, Chasque, CIGnet,
Colnodo, COMLINK, COMPUSERVE, ConflictNet, CONNECT, CSNet, Cuba
Networks, DASNET, DELPHI, DIALCOM, EasyLink, EcoNet, ECUANEX,
EIES, ENVOY 100, FIDONET, GALAXY, GeoNet, GlasNet-Ukraine,
GreenNet, GTE, HandsNet, Histra, HomeoNet, HURACAN, IMC, INET,
Internet, JANET, LaborNet, LaNeta, MCI MAIL, MicroLink, NASA,
Nicarao, NordNet, NWI, OMNET, PANDORA, PeaceNet, Pegasus, PINET,
Portal, PsychNet, ScienceNet, SOURCE, TCN, Telecom Gold, Telemail,
THE META NETWORK, TWICS, Tymnet/Ontyme, UNDP;UNDRO;UNINET, UNISON,
UUCP Mail Net, Web, WELL, WORKNET, OMNET, Usenet

Electronic mail (Email) overcomes the cost and problems of
telephone use. An electronic mail message is composed at the
user's convenience, then quickly sent by the GlasNet computer to
its destination in the addressee's host computer mailbox, which
may be in Moscow or halfway around the world. When the person to
whom it is sent logs in to his or her local network host computer,
the message is waiting.  Transmission is immediate, and there is
no need for both parties to be present simultaneously.  Costs are
less than long distance telephone calls or those of air parcel
services.

FAX

GlasNet provides its users with the ability to send messages to
FAX machines.  FAX messages are sent directly from Moscow to FAX
machines in the Former Soviet Union; FAX messages are sent as
Email from the Former Soviet Union to California, and then as FAX
messages from there to FAX machines in the US.  Similarly FAX
messages can be sent as Email from the US to GlasNet, and from
there as FAX messages to FAX machines in the Former Soviet Union.
Most users find that this system provides more reliable delivery
than direct FAX-in-the-US to FAX-in-the-Former Soviet Union calls.

Because of the bit-mapped nature of FAX encoded messages it is not
possible for users to receive FAX messages via the
character-oriented GlasNet system.

Electronic Conferencing

An electronic conference is a written conversation with other
users; a conference is created to discuss a particular topic or to
facilitate communication between people working on a joint
project.  GlasNet users can start their own conferences on topics
of interest, or are able to participate in on-going conferences on
other APC networks.  Although anyone on any of the networks listed
above can exchange Email with GlasNet subscribers, people in the
US must be subscribers to the IGC networks PeaceNet or EcoNet in
order to participate in IGC or APC conferences with GlasNet users.
Contact information for IGC is given below.  Many of the Usenet
News Groups available through Internet are carried on GlasNet and
can be posted to or read from by GlasNet users.

There is a GlasNet conference called glas.letters for promoting
communication between people in the Former Soviet Union and those
in other parts of the world.  If you have access to an
Internet-connected Email service, you can send messages to
[e-mail] for posting in this conference.  Since we
presently provide this service without charge, your postings to
this conference can only be done on a low-priority basis by the
rather busy GlasNet staff in Moscow.

GlasMail

People without a personal computer and a modem can still
communicate using GlasNet's GlasMail service: in November 1991
GlasNet began offering this new service.  It allows reliable
communication between people who have no Email or other equipment.
Messages can be delivered using phone calls, FAXes, Email, or
letters.  The messages are sent rapidly and reliably between the
USA and the Former Soviet Union by Email; they are translated into
the specified form and dispatched from Moscow (or San Francisco at
the US end).  Prices range from $8 to $20 for normal messages,
depending on the speed and cost of delivery.  Delivery can be as
short as 1 day from from receipt of a message in the USA to its
delivery in the Former Soviet Union.  Messages from the Former
Soviet Union to the USA can be delivered more rapidly.

For detailed information on GlasMail send a request to
[e-mail].

Gopher

GlasNet, like many other Internet hosts, now provides Gopher
service.  Gopher's name is a zoological pun on 'go for,' a
two-word summary of Gopher's function in fetching information from
or supplying information to other Internet sites.

Using Gopher, documents physically residing on computers located
in different places can be made to look like one coherent service.

------------------------------------------------------------

The Russian staff of GlasNet opposed the coup of August 1991 and
courageously kept GlasNet operating during it. GlasNet was used to
keep GlasNet users informed about the fight against the coup, and
to pass information about it back to the West.  Similar
information exchange was maintained during the siege of the
Parliament Building in October of 1993.

For further information on GlasNet, please use the contacts below.

In the Former Soviet Union:

GlasNet User Support
Email: [e-mail]

GlasNet Technical Information
Alexander Zaytsev, Technical Director.
Email: [e-mail]

GlasNet Moscow office address:

107074 Moscow
ul. Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya, 4
suite 16 3rd floor
(near metro KRASNYE VOROTA)
voice telephone: [phone]
voice telephone and FAX: [phone]

Data telephone numbers: 262-4857, 262-0209.

Both 4857 and 0209 are equipped with rotaries; incoming calls are
automatically routed to one of 16 data lines.

In the USA:

David Caulkins
Barbara Loebner
GlasNet USA
437 Mundel Way
Los Altos, CA 94022
[phone] voice
[phone] fax

Email:
[e-mail]  (from Internet)

People in the USA who wish to access GlasNet and do not have an
account on one of the APC-connected gateway networks listed above
should get an account on one of the IGC networks: PeaceNet or
EcoNet.  For information about these networks, contact:

IGC
18 de Boom
San Francisco, CA 94107
[phone]
[phone] fax
Email: [e-mail]

It is possible to sponsor a GlasNet account for colleagues in the
Former Soviet Union by making dollar payments to IGC in the USA;
accounts sponsored in this way are effectively free to users in
the Former Soviet Union.

There are two ways to pay for GlasNet accounts:

1. From the USA by establishing a Sponsored Account.  These cost
$25 per month, plus a one-time $60 setup charge.  The $25 per
month covers connect, gateway, and storage charges up to 600,000
characters per month of traffic.  Special services (FAX, telex,
X.25 access, etc) are not included in the $25 monthly charge.

Sponsored Accounts are paid for in dollars to an office in the
USA.  After an initial payment to set up the account (typically
$85; $25 1st month and $60 one-time setup fee) accounts are billed
monthly.  Any extra service charges (FAX, telex, X.25 access, etc)
will be added to the $25 monthly bill.

Sponsored Accounts are often used by people visiting the Former
Soviet Union.  For visits less than 3 weeks, guest accounts are
available for $20.  For people who make multiple visits GlasNet
accounts can be made inactive for $5, and reactivated again for
another $5.

2.  People in the Former Soviet Union can pay directly in rubles.
See Appendix A for details on this method of payment.

=================================================================
Appendix A
                      RUBLE PRICE LIST


   Payments Procedure
   ------------------

I. In order to adjust GlasNet prices for inflation, we have
adopted our own pricing standard, ICS (Information Communication
Scrip).  The scrip carries a value based on US Dollars, but is
paid in rubles as determined by the current dollar-ruble exchange
rate.  Use of the ICS unit allows us to compensate for inflation
while keeping GlasNet prices stable with respect to day-to-day
fluctuations in the $-to-ruble rate.

All  services will be  calculated in ICSs. Each  GlasNet user will
have a personal ICS account balance in the GlasNet database.  A
reasonable approximation to the dollar value of GlasNet services
can be gotten by multiplying the ICS service price by 0.15 and
then by the current  in rubles,  one should multiply the price in
ICSs by the current exchange rate times 0.15.  After each session,
the appropriate amount of ICSs will be subtracted from the user's
personal account.

GlasNet users are required to maintain a positive credit balance;
they must pay GlasNet enough money to cover all existing charges.
It is desirable for users to keep on deposit with GlasNet enough
money so that their charges for at least a few weeks into the
future are covered.

1 ICS = $0.15

II. Each user must maintain an account balance minimum of 10 ICSs.

III. The minimum prepayment in ICSs for opening a new mailbox is:

     - UUCP                              200
     - organizations                     140
     - individuals                        60

IV. After each session, a user can check his/her balance from the
previous session by typing 'p' (without the single quotes '') from
the GlasNet main menu.

    Transaction prices in ICS:

    1 kilobyte (K) = 1000 characters, including spaces and
    punctuation marks.

        Transaction type                          Prices in ICS
----------------------------------------------------------------
1. Monthly
   1.1 Average data storage on the host computer
       (each KB over 100 KB limit)                0.05/k
   1.2 Refund for undelivered fax/telex             80% return

2. Daily
   2.1  Account maintenance
        2.1.1 Self-financing organization          1.20
        2.1.2 Non-governmental organization        0.75
        2.1.3 Individual                           0.60
        2.1.4 UUCP                                10.00
        2.1.5 Group                                3.50+0.60*N,
              where N is a number of subaccounts in a group
        2.1.6 Forwarding of incoming mail to an
              account specified by the user        0.05
        2.1.7 Frozen account                       0.05

   2.2 Sessions

        2.2.1 Moscow (direct dialing to glas host):
                        9.00-18.00 working days    0.12/min
                        other times                0.09/min
        2.2.2 Via INTERNET
                ( telnet glas.apc.org or
                  telnet 193.124.5.33 )            0.12/min
        2.2.3 Connection via X.25 TSI Moscow PAD
              (tel.[phone]), enter *nui(GLAS) 7
                                 9.00-18.00        0.22/min
        2.2.4 Connection via X.25 TSI PADs in other
              cities  *nui(GLASP)7
                  in St-Petersburg                 1.20/min
                  in Kiev, Odessa                  1.52/min
        2.2.5 Connection via 024420703707 NUA
                        (via Datapac)              1.62/min
        2.2.6 Connection via 025029904070507 NUA
                        (via IASNET)               0.22/min
        2.2.7 Connection via X.25 INFOTEL PADs:
              Center (Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod,
              Kazan, St. Petersburg, Novgorod)     0.35/min
        2.2.8 The Urales (Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk
                    Tyumen)                        0.45/min
        2.2.9 Siberia (Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk,
                        Barnaul)                   0.55/min
        2.2.10 Far East (Vladivostok)              0.65/min

3. Gateways
   3.1  Outgoing electronic mail messages are FREE OF CHARGE

        *EXCEPTION: To other networks via DASNet   0.50/message+
                                                   6.00/K

   3.2  Incoming electronic mail messages from non-GlasNet
   addresses
        (per each K over 250 K/month)              0.20/K

   **UUCP accounts pay for both outgoing and
   incoming non-GlasNet mail                       0.10/message+
                                                   0.25/K

   3.3  Fax (text only, 1 page = 2000 characters)
        3.3.1 Moscow                  0.45/1st page,0.35/next
        3.3.2 xUSSR                   2.75/1st page,2.50/next
        3.3.3 USA, Canada, Brazil,
        Mexico                       10.00/1st page,8.50/next
        3.3.4 Great Britain          10.00/1st page,8.50/next
        3.3.5 East Europe            11.00/1st page,9.00/next
        3.3.6 West Europe            12.00/1st page,10.00/next
        3.3.7 Asia, Australia        20.00/1st page,18.0/next
        Note: final calculations are made at the end of the month.

   3.4  Telex
        3.4.1 xUSSR                                1.00/line
        3.4.2 Europe                               4.00/line
        3.4.3 USA, Canada                          6.00/line
        3.4.4 Australia                            7.00/line
        3.4.5 Other                                9.00/line
        Note: final calculations are made at the end of the month.

4. One-time transactions
   4.1  Account opening
        4.1.1 Self-financing organization          25.00
        4.1.2 Non governmental organization        20.00
        4.1.3 Individual                           15.00
        4.1.4 UUCP                                100.00
        4.1.5 Group                                40.00+15.00*N
        4.1.6 Add account to existing group        10.00
    4.2  Freeze/unfreeze                            5.00
    4.3  Set/remove forwarding                      5.00
    4.4  Rename account                             8.00
    4.5  Move an account into a group               8.00
    4.6  Enter more information about a user
         to an on-line database                     5.00
    4.7  Send a message from user's floppy disk
         from GlasNet office                       10.00
    4.8  Copy user's incoming messages to
         floppy disk provided by user              10.00
    4.9  Presenting a hard copy of a bill on paper
         or by fax                                  1.00

All charges are subject to change. GlasNet will make every
effort to keep users fully informed about changes in its
charges.

DISCOUNTS
---------
A reduced Daily Maintenance Fee may be granted to individuals and
NGOs whose goals and objectives are in accordance with GlasNet
Bylaws.  Please, contact support to discuss this.

Disclaimer: GlasNet is not responsible for the poor quality
            of the phone lines. Please report to the Moscow
            Telephone Company (MGTS) (ph. 299-8759).

            Those who have poor quality Moscow lines might
            consider use of the TSI or Infotel PADs, or the
            ISKRA line.  See Table 1 of Appendix B.

We'll also accept accounts sponsored by US organizations and
individuals. In this case payments can be made in dollars to IGC
or through the GlasNet USA Director Dave Caulkins.

=================================================================
Appendix B

MODEMS

Modems suitable for use with GlasNet should have the
following characteristics:

1) Error correction (MNP protocol levels 2 - 5, or V.42)
   This is very important !
2) Hayes-compatible AT command set
3) Supports data rates of 300 to 14,400 bps; 2,400 bps has been
   found to work well for most users.

Modems of this kind are available at electronics and computer
stores in the USA, either retail or mail-order.  Prices range from
approximately $30 to $100 for an internal modem (plugs into a slot
in a PC), or $100 to $300 to for an external modem (in a separate
box, and usable with a PC, Macintosh, or any other computer with a
serial port).  Copies of communications software (MTE or Procomm)
can be obtained from the US or Moscow offices of GlasNet.  V.32bis
modems which will operate at any speed from 1,200 to 14,400 bps
are widely avaialable in the USA, and prices for this kind of
modem are dropping rapidly.  Almost all GlasNet in-dial modems are
V.32bis.

Communications software packages recommended for use with GlasNet
are:

For IBM PC computers and equivalent clones using the DOS
operating system:

  Procomm

  For use with non-MNP modems - MTE or MTEZ

For Macintosh computers:

  Red Ryder, Microphone, or White Knight

Other communications software packages have a high probablility
of working with GlasNet.
--------------------------------------------------------------

Connecting a Modem to the Former Soviet Union Telephone System

There are two ways to connect a modem with an RJ11 modular
connector to the telephone system in the Former Soviet Union.

I)  ADAPTER

Adapters that plug into an Former Soviet Union telephone jack and
accept an RJ11 modular plug of the kind used by US telephone
equipment and modems can be purchased from:

Pharmec
18/2 Ulitsa Dokukina
129226 Moscow
187-3979 tel
187-4522 FAX

or in the US from:

4D Company
444 E 87th St. Suite 4F
New York, NY 10128
[phone]
[phone] fax

There are two models; Model 122 has a female RJ11 and a female
Former Soviet Union phone connector; it accomodates a modem and a
Russian telephone simultaneously.  Model 121 has a female RJ11 and
accomodates only a modem.

I)  DO IT YOURSELF KIT

Parts and tools needed:

1)  Two clip leads, about 45 centimeters long.

Clip leads are insulated wires with alligator clips on both ends.

2)  A modular plug cable.  This is a standard cable of the type
you would use to connect your telephone to a modular wall jack in
the USA.

Items 1) and 2) are available from Radio Shack and most other
consumer electronic stores.

3)  A small screwdriver with a blade about 3 millimeters wide.

Procedure:

Temporary Attachment

A)  Cut the cable of 2) in half.  Strip the center two connectors
in the cut end of one of the halves.  In the US these two wires
are called Ring (red wire insulation) and Tip (green wire
insulation).  Attach one of the clip leads of 1) to each of these
wires.

B)  Use the 3) screwdriver to take the cover off the Former Soviet
Union telephone wall jack.  Attach the other ends of the clip
leads from A) to the two wires in the jack.  Connect the modular
plug to the modem.

Permanent Attachment

C)  Cut the cable of 2) in half.  Strip the center two connectors
in the cut end of one of the halves, exposing about 1 centimeter
of the electrical wire beneath the insulation.  In the US these
two wires are called Ring (red wire insulation) and Tip (green
wire insulation).

D)  Use the 3) screwdriver to take the cover off the Former Soviet
Union telephone wall jack.  The two wires in the jack are secured
by screws; loosen these with the screwdriver, wrap one of the
wires from C) on each so that both the new and old wires are under
the screws.  Tighten the screws to secure all the wires.  Guide
the cable of C) out of the Former Soviet Union wall jack, and put
the cover back on so that it does not pinch the cable.  Connect
the modular plug to the modem.

=================================================================
Appendix C

Access to GlasNet Moscow via local or long distance calls, and
by local call access to X.25 Public Data Networks (PDNs) from
other cities.

 Table 1                              December, 1993
                                                          Price *
                                                         cents/min
+-----------------------------------------------------------+----+
|City             | Modem Number   |     Command            |    |
+-----------------+----------------+------------------------+----+
|Moscow           |                |                        |    |
| direct-dial     |[phone]   |  none                  |0.60|
|                 |     262-0209   |  none                  |0.60|
|                 |     262-2072   |  none                  |0.60|
|                 |     971-5968   |  none                  |0.60|
|                 |                |                        |    |
| ISKRA           |(097)29-073     |                        |    |
| TSI X.25 PAD    |[phone]   |nui(GLAS) 7  [or 7]     |2.25|
| Infotel  PAD    |[phone]   |n4100300039proba-.GLAS  |2.25|
|  Note: The ISKRA line and the TSI and Infotel PAD numbers |    |
|        can provide good-quality local Moscow connections  |    |
|        for those users with Moscow telephone exchanges    |    |
|        that do not work well for data communications.     |    |
|        Call GlasNet User Support at 207-0704 or 207-0889  |    |
|        for more information.                              |    |
|                 |                |                        |    |
|St. Petersburg   |[phone]   |nui(GLASP)7  [or 7]     | 6.3|
|  voice 568-3953 |     168-5474   |                        |    |
|                 |     168-3263   |                        |    |
|                 |     168-2750   |                        |    |
|Tallinn          |(0142)31-3116   |con7                    |13.2|
|Kiev             |[phone]   |nui(GLAS) 7  [or 7]     | 7.8|
|  voice 229-3369 |     229-8239   |nui(GLAS) 7  [or 7]     |    |
|Odessa           |(048)21-6294    |nui(GLAS) 7  [or 7]     | 7.8|
|  voice 21-6281  |                |                        |    |
|Kazan            |(8432)36-1673   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4117300002connect-4102101600 | 4.5|
|Voronezh 55-5467 |(0732)56-1941   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4118300002connect-4102101600 | 4.5|
|Izhevsk          |(3412)056       |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4519300001proba-4102101600   | 4.5|
|Nizhny Novgorod  |(8312)31-9041   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4114300002connect-4102101600 | 4.5|
|Ekaterinburg     |(3432)56-2665   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4510300003connect-4102101600 | 4.5|
|Novosibirsk      |(3832)98-1110   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4812300001connect-4102101600 | 9.0|
|Vladivostok      |(4232)22-0310   |                        |    |
|                 |  Command: n4921300001connect-4102101600 | 9.0|
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

* - prices are quoted in US cents but billed in rubles

If user has a NUI to any other X.25 Network, he can use
any of the following addresses (NUA) to login to GlasNet:

     0250441022016000
     024420703707
     025029904070507

For example, you can use IASNET for this, but you must pay them
for the NUI and the X.25 traffic.

Here is some information about IASNET:

City           Code     Admin     Sovam Support     Modem number
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Moscow         095      229-1118                      947-5586
                                                      932-6765

Baku           8922     66-3995      66-4689          66-0079

Kazan          8432     54-3200      74-3430          76-3688
                                                      76-3272

Kiev           044      296-4238     296-4247         296-4292
                                                      296-4283

Minsk          0172     26-4560      26-4560          20-7674

Riga           0132     55-1133      55-1133          36-3041

St. Pete       812      311-7129     311-8412         311-0365

Ufa            3472     22-5500      22-4827          52-8647

Vladivostok    4232     25-2731      25-2598          25-4633
                                                      25-3455
                                                      25-9711

Yerevan        8852     28-5082      28-2951          28-4230

Future X.25 access:

In 1994 we anticipate adding Alma-Ata, Kaliningrad, Murmansk,
Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, and Petrozavodsk

INFOTEL has entry points in: Moscow, Rostov-na-Donu,
Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Novgorod, Barnaul, Krasnoyarsk,
Voronezh, Izhevsk, Kazan, Tumen, Vladivostok, Nizhnii Novgorod,
St-Petersburg.  It has plans to establish X.25 nodes in all
Russian regional centers.

        fax: [phone] or 954-0895
        telex: 411727
        voice: 252-1212, 9549600

Transinform - expects to get new equipment from Alcatel and start
expansion to additional cities.

Rospak - JV with IASNET, has and install a number of X.25 entry
points in smaller cities of Russia (fax: [phone],
voice: 229-3237)

The rates are about $0.80/hour and $0.50/Kilosegment