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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:36:16 EST
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      Details on Federal Register available over the Internet (fwd)

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 10:05:28 PST
From: susan calcari <calcaris@nic.cerf.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nis@cerf.net>
Subject: Details on Federal Register available over the Internet


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Internet resources.



Information on the Federal Register via Internet        COUNTERPOINT PUBLISHING
                                                                   800-998-4515

Thank you for your interest in the Counterpoint Publishing's Federal Register
Database product.  Through a unique partnering arrangement with Internet.COM,
Counterpoint will provide a wide variety of search, retrieval and navigation
mechanisms to meet the ever changing needs of the Global Internet community.

In the near future, the Federal Register will be made available in the
following forms:

        Usenet News      -- using Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
        Clipping Service -- using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
        Gopher           -- using the University of Minnesota Gopher Protocol
        WAIS             -- using the Z39.50 Wide Area Information Service
        WWW              -- using the World Wide Web HTML Protocol

We are always interested in your comments to help us refine our offerings to
meet your needs.

For further information or ordering, please call Counterpoint at 800-998-4515,
or mail to fedreg@internet.com

        --------------------------------------------------------------
                FEDERAL REGISTER VIA FTP
        --------------------------------------------------------------

        - Currently, access to the Federal Register database is via
          the Internet's File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

        - Every night, the current day's update to the Federal Register
          is transfered to your Internet host computer automatically.
          The only requirement is that your Internet host is accessible.

        - This is usually 2-2.5 megabytes of text per night.  It should
          be noted that some days, depending on the content, this might
          grow to over 8 megabytes.

        - The Federal Register database is accessed via Counterpoint
          Publishing's navigation software (CD-FR), which runs on any
          PC-compatible.  (Emulation on Mac, or Unix)

        Cost:   Daily Download of Federal Register              $ 5000.00
                includes full database backup on CD-ROM twice/yearly.
                (This allows unlimited access for your local users.)

                Monthly and Weekly CD-ROM special pricing available.

                Educational Discount -  50%





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