bear@houem.UUCP (07/26/83)
>From "csnet news", May 1983, No. 1, published by CSNET CIC.
"CSNET is a non-profit computer network linking computer science researchers
in universities, industry and government throughout the United States...."
"...CSNET Coordination and Information Center, [is] located at Bolt Beranek and
Newman, Inc., 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02238"
"CSNET was established in 1981 with a five-year grant from the National
Science foundation. From the beginning, the goal of the project has been
to create an independent network, fully supported by membership dues and
service fees....For calendar 1983 the following membership classes and
corresponding annaul dues have been established.
TYPE OF
INSTITUTION DUES
Industrial $30,000
Government 10,000
University 5,000
... [members] may petition ... for a lower rate."
"This table shows the current schedule of service fees for PhoneNet Sites.
Service Fee Per Connect Minute
Day Evening/Night
Dial-out $.80 $.40
Dial-in .10 .10
...Contact the CIC for more information about CSNET charges."
The list of sites included tektronic, berkley, rand, digital, mit, fcc, nsf,
and claimed 56 PhoneNet sites, twenty-seven more in installation (including
btl-mh), two CSNET relays, and connection of the relays to ARPANET.
Jim Allen (houem!bear)
Bell Laboratories HO 3D-502
Crawsford Corner Rd.
Holmdel, NJ 07733