From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 20:08:55 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Cypherpunks in Washington and Boston: Read this
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Cypherpunks in Washington, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, 

(and if someone wants to forward this to the Extropians list, which I
am temporarily taking a break from, I'm sure some of them would be interested)

The Internet service I use, NETCOM, is expanding into these cities,
offering flat-rate service for $17.50 a month (if paid by credit
card). I have no connection with them except for being a satisfied
user.

Many hacker friends of mine have NETCOM accounts, even if they have
ordinary corporate addresses as well (at a Bay Area Extropians lunch,
about 8 out of the dozen folks had NETCOM accounts). After all, NETCOM
can't lay you off, can't complain about what you say, and essentially
can't be leaned on by the Feds (not yet tested, but likely). A useful
service. Some people use it mostly for their mail, and then just
telnet to NETCOM to grab it.

(NETCOM provides 5 MB for your files, but charges beyond that.)

NETCOM also carries every newsgroup I've ever heard of, 4560 of them
at last count, and even carried the controversial group
"alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.children," about which I wrote a while
back (I mention this mainly to show how much of a hands-off policy
NETCOM takes). So far as I know, NETCOM has only kicked people out for
advertising competing Internet services blatantly, in the netcom.*
locall groups. Everything else seems to be fair game. (Some of the
most notorious Net bozos are NETCOM folks, indicating further the
freedom we have....I can't imagine any user on NETCOM being
"disciplined" for racist, sexist, homophobic, or speciesist remarks.)

And a full range of editors, newsreaders, mailreaders, ftp access,
telnet, etc...all the usual stuff, managed well. There are usually
enough modems to allow me to get on anytime I want to. And, to repeat,
there are no connect charges and no time limits. If you're within the
local call range of the nearest POP, you can stay logged-on as long as
you like with no charges.

It changed my life, no kidding.

Here's the announcement:

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Path: netcom.com!info
From: info@netcom.com (Netcom Information Account)
Subject: NETCOM expands coverage
Message-ID: <infoCBBLt6.5BE@netcom.com>
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: netcom
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 04:29:29 GMT
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FYI:   

NETCOM On-line Communication Services, Incorporated is pleased to
announce  the expansion of the NETCOM  backbone into Seattle, WA,
Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC, and  Boston,  MA.   Each
of the new Points of Presence (POPs) will support a full range of
network services including:

      o  Internet Connections (T1 & 56kb dedicated and dialup)
      o  News/Mail feeds with Domain service
      o  Business Dial-up access (news/mail/ftp/telnet/shell)
      o  Host dial-up (stock reports, US News, news/mail/ftp/telnet/shell)
      o  Personal Network (SLIP/PPP) Connections (PNC)
      o  FrameConnect Internet Services

NETCOM can be your gateway  to  economical  communications  world
wide.   A  connection to the NETCOM state-of-the-art network will
deliver connectivity at very affordable  prices.   NETCOM  offers
Internet  connections,  news feeds, electronic mail, local access
points throughout California, source archives, large discounts on
communication equipment, consulting, and everything you would ex-
pect from a leading communications service provider.

To access the guest account, make sure  that  your  communication
settings  are 8-1-N and use vt100 for a terminal emulator.  After
you connect, log in as "guest".  Remember,  you  must  use  lower
case   letters.   You  can  also  log  in  via  telnet  by  using
netcom.netcom.com or an IP address of 192.100.81.100.   The  fol-
lowing  are  a  few  of the local access 1200/2400/9600 V.32/V.42
numbers:

  o Atlanta and greater Metro area  (Aug 31) ........  (404) 303-9765 

  o Boston and greater Metro area   (Aug 31) ........  (617) 237-8600

  o Washington DC, Falls Church, Arlington, Vienna,
    Reston, Alexandria, Fairfax, McLean (Aug 31).....  (703) 255-5951

  o Dallas, TX ......................................  (214) 753-0045

  o Seattle, Bellevue, Bothell,  Bothell-Duval
    Des Moines, Halls Lake, Issaquaah, Kent, Kirkland, 
    Renton, Richmond Beach, Maple Valley ............. (206) 547-5992

  o Portland, Beaverton, Burlington, Forest Grove,
    Corbett, Gresham, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Sandy, 
    Redland, Scholls, Stafford, Sunnyside, Tigard .... (503) 626-6833

  o San Francisco, Sausalito, San Mateo, Foster City   (415) 985-5650

  o Sacramento, Folsom, Orangevale, Citrus Heights, 
    Rancho Cordova, Carmichael ......................  (916) 965-1371

  o Los Angeles, Inglewood, Beverly Hills, El Segundo,
    Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Van Nuys, Culver .  (310) 842-8835

  o Irvine, Anaheim, Fullerton, Laguna Beach, Orange,
    Santa Ana, Westminster ........................... (714) 708-3800 

  o San Diego, El Cajon, La Jolla, La Mesa, Linda Mesa,
    and Mira Visa  ................................... (619) 234-0524

  o Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Bolder Creek  ......... (408) 459-9851

  o San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Albany
    Richmond, Alameda, Piedmont, Belvedere, Orinda, 
    Moraga, San Pablo,  Lafayette, Emeryville, 
    & Brisbane  ...................................... (510) 865-9004 

  o San Jose, Campbell, Almaden, Cupertino, Los Gatos,
    Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, & Milpitas  .... (408) 241-9760 

  o Stanford, Mt View, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto,
    Redwood City  .................................... (415) 328-9940

  o Pleasanton, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Bishop, 
    San Ramon, Dublin, Newark, Danville, Sunol, and 
    Bishop Ranch  .................................... (510) 426-6610


                 VOICE:        (408) 554-8649
                   FAX:        (408) 241-9145
  Local Access Numbers:        (800) 488-2558

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info@netcom.com  (408)554-8649    NETCOM On-line Communication Services, Inc.

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