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Enclosed is an informational blurb on the service, and a form to fill
out and mail back to pvtlines@ucsd.edu.  We'll set you up with a line and
email you back the telephone number.  This normally takes under two weeks,
but it may take longer if we have no more lines or annex ports and have to
order more equipment.  We're still in the process of determining demand
for this service.  Right now, too, PacBell is running slow on line
installation.

We can do a monthly recharge to an index number, or you may set things up
with personal funds by writing a check to the ICC for a starter amount of
money (we'll decrement your 'account' each month until funds are gone).

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                    Private dialin lines now available

To help people cope with the shortage of dialin lines, Network Operations
is now offering private leased ports on our Annex multi-protocol terminal
servers.  The service will provide to each subscriber:
    * One or more private dialin modems with login restricted to a group of
people specified by the subscriber.  The service can look like a collection
of individual phone numbers or a single number with several ports.  Access
to the ports will be guaranteed for as many individuals as
    * Modem technology current at the time of the lease with the
possibility of upgrades as technology changes;  today our choice is 14,400
bps error correcting modems with V.32bis, V.42bis and MNP4 and 5 from US
Robotics, but we will attempt to use any technology that the leasor
suggests and is willing to pay for.

Leased ports will provide the same services that are available on the
general public dialins, notably:
    * Telnet or Rlogin terminal access to campus machines.
    * Appletalk Remote Access (ARA) Appletalk access to campus machines.
    * Direct TCP/IP access to campus machines and the Internet using SLIP
or PPP.
    * TN3270 access to the University's administrative systems.
    * TCP/IP numbers and names assigned either to the port itself or to the
person who has logged in to the port so that dialed in workstations can be
better integrated into the campus computing environment.

For connections that use our standard equipment, we offer two different
financing plans with nearly equivalent costs when considered over a one
year period.  For each port ordered:

1) Initial equipment purchase by the customer:
    $440 initial direct payment for hardware and phone line connection fee.
    $21 monthly fee.

Under this plan, the  modem is the customer's to take away upon termination
of the arrangement.  For six months following termination, the connection
can be reestablished for cost by returning the working modem.  There is no
guarantee that the original number will be restored.

2) Lease purchase plan:
    No initial fee.
    $39 monthly fee.

Here, equipment and installation are amortized over two years.  After 24
payments, consecutive or not, this plan reverts to plan 1.  The modem can
be taken away by the customer for $9 * (24 - number of monthly fees paid).

We also offer a third plan to accommodate requirements for technology that
is unusual or too expensive for us to offer as part of our public service:

3) Modem supplied by customer.
    $250 direct payment for hardware and phone line connection fee.
    $50/hour configuration investigation as necessary.
    $21 monthly fee.

If the customer supplies us with a modem that is probably compatible with
our servers but not part of our existing type, we will attempt to create a
working configuration for $50 per hour.  If we find a working
configuration, the modem will be installed for the $250 attachment
equipment charge and an ongoing fee of $21 per month.

The calling arrangements for these private lines can be either as single
numbers each of which is  used by one or more individuals who know the
authorized accounts for the number or as several lines collected together
under one "pilot" number that provides access to all of the lines in a
group.  In anycase, we can provide limited statistics about how lines are
used.

To arrange for this service, send a copy of the form below to
pvtlines@ucsd.edu.

Jim Madden

Notes:

These plans are all based on these underlying costs:

Initial setup costs:
    Pac Bell phone line installation     90
    Modem cost                          190
    Annex terminal server share         100
    Misc connecting parts                35
    Net Ops install charge               25

Monthly costs:
    Phone line lease                     18/mo.
    Net Ops support charge                3/mo.

If these numbers change substantially, the service pricing will have to change.

To eliminate telephone time charges, we also offer private foreign exchange
service that creates a number that appears to be local to a specific
calling area away from the campus.  This service will have the same inital
setup costs as listed above but significantly higher monthly costs, as high
as $90 per month, to account for higher line charges.  Specific details of
the latter charge can be worked out when we know the calling location.

In addition, we are working to find alternate ways of providing remote
calling numbers and higher speed services such as ISDN at reduced cost.  As
we do, we will make these services available for private use as well.

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PRIVATE DIALIN LINE REQUEST FORM

NAME:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS:

NETWORK USERNAMES you would like to be permitted to use this dialin
line:

PAYMENT OPTION YOU DESIRE (please specify either RECHARGE or CASH IN
ADVANCE):

PURCHASE PLAN YOU DESIRE (please specify either CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT
PURCHASE, LEASE, or CUSTOMER MODEM SUPPLY):

NUMBER OF LINES you would like (default 1):

COMMENTS (if you have specified CUSTOMER MODEM SUPPLY, please be sure to
tell us the details of your situation, including brand of modem, protocol,
and speed):

INDEX NUMBER if you have selected RECHARGE above:

QUESTIONS you would like us to answer:

This is a new and experimental plan, so please be patient with us as we
enact this service.  Thanks -

Network Operations
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