cheeser@dasys1.UUCP (Les Kay) (04/22/88)
For Immediate release:
Announcing a special offer for all Macintosh users! Available immediately, a
special money saving offer from The Source. Effective now, you can get a free
sign up for The Source and receive a $60.00 usage credit! Available world-wide,
The Source is the oldest and one of the best known of the major Telecomputing
services.
MacSIG on The Source is extending this offer to the users of usenet, bitnet and
arpanet. While not as heavily used as the "net", MacSIG offers it's users faster
and much more reliable communications and vastly simplified file transfers.
Files are available in the MacSIG Software Library and via your won personal
Share Files area! Each user on The Source has two file directories, one for his
own personal files and one where he can make files available to the other users
of The Source. Files may be uploaded to MacSIG or to your own files area via
Text Upload, Xmodem and Kermit protocols.
MacSIG members also benefit from the MacSIG POSTPLUS, an electron message base
and from PARTI, an electronic Conferencing System. Of special note to PARTI
users, unlike other Electronic Message Bases ANY PARTI user may create his or
her OWN topics in PARTI at will! When you join a topic in PARTI, any n4ew notes
that are generated in that topic will appear in your IN BOX for your
convenience. No need to search multiple message bases to find out what's new!
On The Source, CHATTING electronically in real time with other users is one of
the best deals available ANYWHERE! In CHAT, you are billed at the rate for 300
baud usage, regardless of the actual baud rate you are connected at!
Following is the text and subscription procedure for you own account on The
Source:
Through a special arrangement with Source Telecomputing
Corp., you can save $29.95 by joining The Source for free --
and also receive an extraordinary $60 credit. If you join as
part of this offer, you'll save an additional $9 when
purchasing The Source's $21.95 users manual for only $12.95
(plus $3.50 postage & handling). Altogether, you save nearly
$100! Call STC toll-free right now and be online with The
Source in a few minutes! Here's how:
1. Call 1-800-336-3366
2. Give the operator claim number 7BL7101
3. Have your VISA, AMEX, MasterCard or Discover Card handy
You'll receive your personal ID and password over the phone
so you can sign on immediately. Remember: as part of this
special offer, you'll receive a $5 credit each month for the
next 12 months -- a total of $60 to be applied toward your
usage, or your $10 monthly membership. Offer expires June
30th.
Note too that the $10.00 monthly minimum IS applied to your actual usage. If you
use $10.00 worth of connect time on The Source, you will be billed $10.00, not
$20.00. At 1200 baud non-prime time usage, this represents about an hour and a
half per month! I don't know about you, but it cost's me more than that to
use usenet!
And just what are the rates on The Source? Here's is a chart that should show
just what a good deal The Source really is:
A special note about CHAT: There is no baud rate surcharge applied to CHAT. All
CHAT usage is billed at the rate for regular Source usage at 300 baud,
regardless of the actual baud rate you are calling at! This is a real bargain!
Those menu items that are marked with an asterisk (*) are
available at the following LOW rates:
MacSIG Rates
Baud Prime Time Non-Prime Time
Rate By the Min | By the HR By the Min | By the HR
==== ====================== ======================
300 .18/min | $10.80/hr .10/min | $6.00/hr
1200 .23/min | $13.80/hr .13/min | $7.80/hr
2400 .25/min | $15.00/hr .15/min | $9.00/hr
Prime time is 7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday. All other
times are non-prime time.
As a comparison of the three major Telecommunications services,
the following list, accurate as of 03/01/88, is provided:
Price List for the 3 Major Services
Prime Time Rates 2-25-88:
==========================================================================
Service Name | 300 Baud | 1200 baud | 2400 baud
==========================================================================
The Source* | $10.80 | $13.80 | $15.00
==========================================================================
CompuServe | $ 6.00 | $12.50 | $12.50
==========================================================================
GEnie | $35.00 | $35.00 | $42.50
==========================================================================
Non-Prime Time Rates 2-25-88:
==========================================================================
Service Name | 300 Baud | 1200 baud | 2400 baud
==========================================================================
The Source* | $ 6.00 | $ 7.80 | $ 9.00
==========================================================================
CompuServe | $ 6.00 | $12.50 | $12.50
==========================================================================
GEnie | $ 5.00 | $ 5.00 | $12.50
==========================================================================
* These prices are the Special Low SIG Rates available for those
sections of the MacSIG whose menu items are preceded by an
asterisk "*". Other areas of The Source may be available at
higher or lower rates or free of charge (such as the Guided
Tour).
So don't delay, call right now and sign up on The Source! See you on MacSIG!
Les Kay (AKA cheeser), SIG001, Sponsor of MacSIG on The Source
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Jonathan Bing, Master (cheeser) ...ihnp4!hoptoad!dasys1!cheeser
"Pereant, iniquit, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt!" also
"Non illegitimus carborundum!" ....crash!pro-charlotte!cheeseralibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (04/23/88)
This looks very much like an illegitimate use of USENET. This is blatant advertising! Please do not do this in the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alibaba@ucscb.ucsc.edu - Yoyodyne - - Crown College, UCSC - UUCP:...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!alibaba- Propulsion - - Santa Cruz, CA 95064 - BITNET:alibaba%ucscb@ucscc.BITNET - Systems - - (408) 426-8869 - Disclaimer: Nobody is my employer - :-) - - - so nobody cares what I say. - -
len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) (04/25/88)
That kind of stuff does not belong on the net.. I have seldom
seen such a blatant commercialization before.
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Len Rose - NetSys
internet: len@ames.arpa
{ames,decuac,ihnp4}!netsys!lenfleishman-glenn@CS.YALE.EDU (Glenn Fleishman) (05/06/88)
In article <4026@dasys1.UUCP> cheeser@dasys1.UUCP (Les Kay) writes: >For Immediate release: > >Announcing a special offer for all Macintosh users! Available immediately, a >special money saving offer from The Source. Effective now, you can get a free >sign up for The Source and receive a $60.00 usage credit! Available world-wide, >The Source is the oldest and one of the best known of the major Telecomputing >services. > At the risk of sounding like a neophyte: Why is this fellow being allowed to continue doing something that is against all tenets of USENET? I ask merely for information. Glenn I. Fleishman, graphic designer & Mac apologist FLEGLEI@YALEVM.BITNET or through r/Reply "Andy Warhol lives. I think. Maybe not."