From: billmcc@seanews.akita.com (Bill McCormick)
Subject: FAQ: Seattle Area Public Access Usenet Systems
Expires: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 23:00:00 GMT
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
Distribution: seattle
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:53:51 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Summary: A list of public access Usenet systems in the Seattle area
Keywords: Seattle Usenet Public BBS
Supersedes: <SeattleUsenetV104@seanews.akita.com>

Seattle Area Public Access Usenet Systems Version 1.05
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Last updated: Mon Jan 11 14:46:34 PST 1993

This list is posted on a regular basis to seattle.general, seattle.admin,
and pnw.general.  Please e-mail any corrections, additions, or comments to
billmcc@akita.com (Bill McCormick).  I would especially appreciate comments
on the format.

The information for the "Info:" section comes directly from the operator
of each system and is a response to the question "please supply up to
100 words describing your system."

Changes from the previous list are marked with a | on the left (note that
there haven't been any this time).

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 Connected, Inc.
    Commercial service.
    Provides both interactive and PPP/SLIP connections (Telnet, FTP, e-mail,
       Hytelnet, Gopher, Personal IP numbers, NNTP, UUCP, Name Service)
    Contact: info@hebron.connected.com or kmoore@hebron.connected.com
       (Kirk Moore)
    206/820-5131 (login: new   password: guests)
    206/823-8617 (voice: Kirk Moore)
 
    Info: This is a commercial service. Interactive accounts start at 10.00
          per month, PPP/SLIP dialup service start 75.00, PPP/SLIP Dedicated
          start at 150.00+22.00 network access charge, E-Mail accounts start
          5.00 per month. We offer Commercial discounts for groups over
          7 users.   Hardware --  Sun 4/280 with 2.3 gigabytes of disk
          storage. Running SunOS 4.1.2, 40 megaytes of memory. 

 Eskimo North
    Commercial service.  Rates are $10/month or $96/year.  First 2 weeks free.
    Provides e-mail and news feeds, interactive use, and Internet connections.
    Contact: nanook@eskimo.com (Robert Dinse)
    206/FOR-EVER (206/367-3837) Seattle  206/742-1150 Everett
    From internet: telnet eskimo.com or telnet 192.195.251.13
    E-mail addressing: user@eskimo.com
 
    Info: Eskimo North provides Internet telnet, ftp, irc, Mud's, talk access.
          We carry a full Usenet News feed including groups local to other
          parts of the world.  We have readnews, rn, trn, vnews, tin, tass,
          nn, and unidel news readers.  We have BSD mail, elm, mush, and pine
          mailers.  Shells include sh, ksh, csh, tcsh, bash, and zsh.  We have
          most GNU utilities including gcc 2.11, for use and for download.
          We archive other files for many systems as well as graphics, sounds
          and text.  New users login as "new", no password required.

 Halcyon
    Commercial service.  Flat annual and quarterly rates.  30 days
       BBS access free (no Internet services with BBS account).
    Contact: info@remote.halcyon.com or ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
    206/382-6245 (data)
    206/955-1050 (voice mail)
    E-mail addressing: user@halcyon.com

    Info: Halcyon is directly connected to the Internet via a 56kBaud
          line; telnet, ftp, archie, gopher, hytelnet, irc, etc.  UNIX(tm)
          programming environment.  Full shell access.  Popular news and
          mail readers.  Direct Internet (NNTP) news feed and e-mail.

 NWNexus
    No interactive access. Provides e-mail, Usenet, and Internet connectivity
      via SLIP and/or PPP.  Both flat-rate and usage-based accounts.
    Contact: info@nwnexus.wa.com (Ed Morin)
    206/455-3505 (office)
    E-mail addressing: n/a

    Info: Northwest Nexus was incorporated in 1987 and is totally dedicated
          to providing reliable, economical, commercial Internet and Usenet
          services in the Puget Sound region.  Our customers range from
          hobbyists and professional individuals to corporate accounts of all
          sizes.

 Performance Systems International (PSI)
    Commercial service.  Provides Internet connectivity via leased lines,
      SLIP, and PPP.  Provides UUCP e-mail and Usenet.  Flat-rate and
      usage-based accounts.
    Contact: info@psi.com
    703/620-6651, toll free (US) 800/827-7482
    E-mail addressing: n/a
 
    Info: PSI, incorporated in 1989, is headquartered in Reston, VA
          with its primary Network Operations Center (NOC) and Customer
          Support Group (CSG) near Albany, NY.  PSI operates PSINet, a
          national, commercial TCP/IP wide area network system. PSI
          is a co-founder and participant of the Commercial Internet Exchange
          (CIX).
 
 SEANEWS
    Non-profit.  Absolutely free e-mail and Usenet (1 hour/day limit)
    Provides e-mail and very limited Usenet feeds
    Contact: billmcc@akita.com (Bill McCormick)
    206/747-NEWS (747-6397) (data)
    E-mail addressing: user@seanews.akita.com

    Info: SEANEWS is provided as a free public service, and so does not
	  provide the level of support and facilities that commercial
	  services do.  There are no games, very limited files, etc.  On
	  the other hand SEANEWS has up-to-date Usenet news and excellent
	  mail-handling capability.

 Seattle Online
    Commercial service.  Flat monthly rates.
    Provides e-mail and Usenet feeds
    Contact: bruceki@polari.online.com (Bruce King)
    206/328-4944 (data)
    E-mail addressing: user@polari.online.com

    Info: Seattle Online is a public access unix system with a large number
          of high-speed incoming lines, and a large amount of capacity.  We
          carry a very large newsfeed (over 3000 groups) and store between
          1.5 and 2 gigabytes of news at any given time.  We give free feeds
          of the seattle/pnw news heirarchies to any system that can poll us.
          We also offer 30 minutes of free time per day to any caller.
          Current prices (Oct92):  Dialin shell account:  $11/month $99/year,
          uucp mail connection $10/month, partial news feed $15/month, full
	  news feed $25/month

Seattle /Unix Group
    Non-Profit
    Free e-mail feeds to members ($40 - $125/year membership)
    Usenet feeds available.
    Contact slug@camco.seaslug.org
    206/947-5591 (voice) Bill Campbell
    E-mail addressing: user@seaslug.org

    Info: The Seattle Unix Group is a non-profit organization
          founded in 1984.  The primary objective of the group is
          to provide information and communications between members
          to improve their understanding and use of the UNIX
          system.  We provide uucp connections to and member for
          the purposes of mail forwarding and access to archives of
          source code, some binaries, and other materials of
          interest to UNIX users.  The system (camco) is currently 
          a DEC 386SX donated by Digital Equipment running SCO Xenix.

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