From: scott@sklib.usask.ca
Subject: a2i network
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:26:03 GMT

                              a2i network

TELNET A2I.RAHUL.NET or 192.160.13.1
login: guest

                       *** a2i guest account ***

   i      General information and how to subscribe
   f      Interesting features of this system
   s      Set screen height
   w      San Jose weather forecast
   t      Current time
   h      Host information -- convert between name and IP address
   m      Market report
   ?      Print this menu
   b      Bye (logout and disconnect)

                General information and how to subscribe

The a2i network is in its initial phase of becoming available for public
access. This is a professionally-run system based on a network of Sun
machines. It offers:

   o  Usenet news.
   o  Electronic mail.
   o  Internet access, including telnet and ftp.
      Our IP address is 192.160.13.1.
   o  A SunOS (Unix) software development environment.
   o  News feeds and electronic mail via UUCP, for UUCP subscribers.
   o  A permanent electronic mail address for you.
   o  Other services to be added.

Subscription rates depend on the amount of prepayment.

Subscription rates for personal accounts are given below.  A personal
account is for use by one person only.

   prepayment term     cost per        amount of payment
                       month

   6 months            $12             $72
   3 months            $15             $45
   1 month             $20             $20

There is no sign-up fee and no connect-time charge.  Your subscription
entitles you to 5 megabytes of disk space.  Signing up for a 3- or
6-month term gives you substantial savings and protects you against rate
increases for the duration of your subscription term.

Inexpensive trial subscription:  You may sign up for a 3- or 6-month
term, then cancel at any time for a proportionate refund.  For example,
if you prepay for a 6-month term, but cancel after the first month, your
cost for the first month will be just $12.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

Be sure you are looking at a current copy of this document.  Its
expiration date is at the bottom.  Send your subscription request and
fee in US funds (payable to "a2i communications") by postal service to
the address below, and include your name, postal address, telephone
number (both daytime and evening if possible), and email address if
available.  Please specify a username and a password.  Your username
must consist of three to eight lowercase letters "a" through "z".  Your
password must contain six to eight characters and must be hard to guess.
(Use a random mixture of the following in your password: lowercase and
uppercase alphabetic characters; the digits 0 through 9; and special
characters such as @$#%&/+.)

Your account will typically be active the same day that we receive
payment.  We will give you confirmation of account creation by email if
an email address is available, else we will confirm via telephone or
postal service.

NOTE:  If our password checking software considers your requested
password easy to guess, we will assign you a new password and notify
you by telephone call or postal service.  After you log in you will be
able to change your password at any time.

     a2i communications
     1211 Park Avenue #202
     San Jose, California 95126-2924

Rates and policies may change.  A current copy of this document may be
obtained by any of the following methods.  1. Send any mail message to
info@rahul.net; a daemon will auto-reply.  2. Get the file called
/pub/BLURB by anonymous ftp from ftp.rahul.net.  3. Use your modem to
dial 408-293-9010 (v.32 or v.32 bis) or 408-293-9020 (PEP) and log in
as "guest".  4. From the Internet, telnet to a2i.rahul.net (IP
address 192.160.13.1), and log in as "guest".

If you have specific questions not answered above, or if you need
information about UUCP news feeds, please send mail to
"support@rahul.net", where it will be read by a human being.

                            -- management, a2i network
                               this document last revised August 11, 1992
                                             expires August 31, 1992
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Posted for information only by scott@sklib.usask.ca
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs