russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence) (02/04/89)
I received the following (long-delayed) announcement from Telebit
several days ago.
In view of the PCP rate increase, I had to take a long hard look at the
projected news feed costs at my site and have decided that a TB+ modem
will pay for itself in a few months... especially at half price. For
anyone who's serious about the news, this new Telebit promotion should
take most of the sting out of the PCP rate increase.
--
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
{uunet,killer}!wpg!russ
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Telebit Corporation Revision 1.00 01 JAN 1989
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/******* TELEBIT/UUNET INTERNET DOMAIN NAME DISCOUNT PROGRAM ********/
(IDNDP)
The Telebit Corporation, in conjunction with UUNET Communications
Services, is offering a special 50% promotional discount off the list
price of TrailBlazer Plus modems to qualified organizations using
Internet domain names. Networks like Usenet and BITNET where domain
names may not be the precise addressing scheme may also qualify.
Telebit has demonstrated its commitment to the UNIX marketplace with
its specific support for the UUCP protocol and the support of
TrailBlazer modems on the USENET. This announcement signals Telebit's
extended support for the use of its products in dialup TCP/IP
environments.
UUNET Communications Services will be assisting Telebit with the
program's administration as well as the distribution of dialup TCP/IP
software.
/***********************
* WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
***********************/
Any autonomous organization legitimately participating on the Internet
by use of Internet domain names can qualify. The organization must be
physically located within the 50 United States or Canada. One or two
Telebit TrailBlazer Plus modems may be purchased at a 45% or 50%
discount off the US or Canadian list price. Discount levels are
determined by payment method and will be explained below.
PTT restrictions and distribution contracts prohibit Telebit from
directly selling modems outside the United States. Telebit
Technologies of Canada, has agreed to extend the terms of the Internet
discount program to all Canadian sites. Other international users are
encouraged to contact Telebit Inc. for local distributor information.
A similar program may be offered through local distribution on a per
country, per demand basis.
For the sake of this program, Internet participation will be defined
by an organization's participation in the Domain Name Service. Any
organization with a registered domain name advertised by a network
name server will be immediately qualified to purchase a total of two
Telebit TrailBlazer Pluses.
In addition all UUNET members immediately qualify to purchase modems
as long as they have not previously purchased 2 modems on the Telebit
Usenet Discount Program.
Autonomous organizations residing as third level sub-domains, nodes or
some other form of demarcation not directly reachable via an Internet
Domain Name Server may also qualify for the program by demonstrating
on their applications the nature of their autonomy and their
relationship to a second level domain reachable via a domain name
server.
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/*************
* For example:
**************/
A large university may list a single second level domain (foou.edu) as
the only way to reach all campus machines. However, within that
campus domain there potentially exist multiple autonomous
organizations, i.e. College of Computer Science (cs.foou.edu), Dept.
of Engineering (eng.foou.edu), Department of Foo (foo.foou.edu), etc.
In the case of a very large company with internal, autonomous
divisions, each could qualify under the program rules. However, it
must be shown that the division operates as a completely separate
entity. For instance, the Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions of General
Motors, (chevrolet.gm.com, pontiac.gm.com).
Two pseudo domains exist on the Internet that do not fit exactly into
the Domain Name structure. They are Usenet (UUCP) and BITNET.
In the case of BITNET, individual node sites that constitute an
autonomous organization would qualify under the program.
In the case of Usenet, organizations that HAVE NOT previously
purchased 2 modems on the Telebit Usenet Discount Program may qualify
by reporting their existing domain name or by registering a domain
name for their site. UUNET provides a low, fee based service for the
the registration of a domain name. If you are a UUCP site without a
domain name and would prefer registration be taken care of for you,
contact UUNET at the below addresses.
The program is designed as a promotion. This allows individual
organizations an opportunity to experience Telebit's TrailBlazer Plus
high speed modems at an attractive price. It is not designed as a
mechanism to fulfill an organization's entire modem requirements.
If your organization resides as a third or lower level domain and
gains access to the Internet indirectly via a higher level
organization you must supply the nature of your organization's
autonomy and describe the relationship to that higher level domain.
A brief explanation of your organization's autonomous relationship to
a second level domain should suffice. Telebit reserves the right to
validate each application using the criteria described herein,
granting or refusing sale accordingly. A total limit of four (4)
modems per second level domain may be enforced if it is deemed by
Telebit that all autonomous organizations within that domain have been
satisfied.
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/******************************
* THE TELEBIT TRAILBLAZER PLUS
*******************************/
The Telebit TrailBlazer is the most advanced dialup communications
technology on the market today. TrailBlazer offers compatibility at
300, 1200 (V.22 and Bell 212), and 2400 bps. In high speed (PEP
mode), the TrailBlazer can operate at 18,000 bps on ordinary dialup
phone lines, (over 16,000 bps throughput). TrailBlazer's patented
multicarrier technology dynamically adapts to phone line quality and
delivers the highest throughput possible for each individual line. In
August 1987, Telebit announced enhanced features that are designed to
allow the TrailBlazer to work optimally with UUCP, Kermit, XMODEM, and
YMODEM protocols.
In addition, the modem may be configured, by use of an S register, to
perform the compress/decompress algorithms (based on Unix's 4.0
compress) in real time, WITHIN the modem.
/************************
* Standard Dialup TCP/IP
*************************/
With the release of Berkeley 4.3, a framing protocol known as Serial
Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) has spread throughout the Internet.
Several System V, VMS, MAC and PC vendors have picked up on the
protocol and are supporting it as well. The protocol is documented in
RFC 1055.
Basically the protocol specifies a method for framing IP packets with
a magic character and escaping that character and the escape character
in the data stream. The protocol does not address issues of
connection establishment, host authenticity, or things like data
integrity or data compression techniques.
However, execution of SLIP across high speed dialup modem links has
proven very useful to a number of IP users. FTPs can deliver
1000-1600 characters per second (cps). Performance depends on your
system and the version of TCP that you are running. SMTP runs quite
well. Interactive applications, telnet and rlogin, perform with
noticable character delay, the result of very large packet sizes
associated with each character typed.
/*******************
* New Dial Up TCP/IP
********************/
The good news accompanying this announcement is about the recent work
to produce a new dialup IP protocol that employs header prediction and
compression techniques. This code dramatically reduces the packet
overhead associated with small, interactive packets like those
produced by telnet or rlogin.
At the time of Release 1.0 of this document the public availability of
this new code is undefined. However, it is the intention of Telebit
and UUNET to make available all known working versions of standard
SLIP. In addition it is our intention to demonstrate and serve to
distribute all new dial-up IP source code as soon as it becomes
available.
Further we will provide documentation and installation instructions
for all versions that we distribute. Please mail to Telebit or UUNET
as instructed below to acquire the latest information regarding these
developments.
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/**************************************************
* TRAILBLAZER PRICES, DISCOUNTS AND RESTRICTIONS:
***************************************************/
PRODUCT NAME MODEL# LIST PRICE PREPAY/COD PRICE NET 30 PRICE
TrailBlazer Plus T2SAA $1345 $672.50 $739.75
Those purchasing the modems on COD or pre-payment terms are eligible
for a 50% discount off the list price. Those who wish to pay on 30
day payment terms will receive a 45% discount off list price.
Each autonomous site may purchase a maximum of two (2) units at this
special promotional price.
Government or Educational institutions with tax exempt status will be
excused from sales taxes. However, as these units are not designed
for resale, no resale numbers can be accepted in lieu of sales tax.
Sales tax must be collected in all states where Telebit has sales
offices. These include MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, VIRGINA, GEORGIA,
ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, TEXAS, and CALIFORNIA.
A $20.00 shipping and handling charge per unit is added to all orders.
Delivery is 30 days ARO.
Telebit reserves the right to substitute functionally equivalent
products for those ordered on this program.
/*****************************************************************************
******************************************************************************
****************** THIS OFFER WILL EXPIRE APRIL 30, 1989 ******************
******************************************************************************
******************************************************************************/
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/************************
* HOW TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
*************************/
Orders are accepted by filling out the enclosed order form along with
one of the following:
1) your purchase order indicating Net 30 terms
OR
2) your purchase order and indication of type of prepayment (check,
credit card or indication to pay C.O.D.)
This option enters the order, but if it is not C.O.D., the modem(s) will
not ship until prepayment has been received.
OR
3) your prepayment or indication to pay C.O.D.
(this option enters the order and will ship as soon as modems are ready)
and mailing it to:
Telebit Corporation
ATTN: IDNDP Program Coordinator
1345 Shorebird Way
Mountain View, California 94043-1329
Voice phone: (415) 969-3800
FAX Number: (415) 969-8888
or sending a copy of the form below, via email, to:
Internet mail address: idndp@telebit.com
UUCP mail address: {uunet,sun,pyramid,ames,hoptoad}!telebit!idndp
Orders will be shipped 30 days ARO.
ORDERS SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO UUNET COMMUNICATIONS.
However, information about this program or other UUNET services may be
requested from:
UUNET Communications Services
P.O. Box 2685
Fairfax,VA 22031-0685
+1 703 876 5050
idndp@uunet.UU.NET or uunet-request@uunet.UU.NET
uunet!idndp or uunet!uunet-request
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INTERNET DOMAIN NAME DISCOUNT PROGRAM (IDNDP)
ORDER FORM
COMPANY NAME:________________________________________________
YOUR NAME: __________________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS: _____________________________________________
CITY: _____________________STATE:_______________ZIP:_________
VOICE PHONE NUMBER:_____________________________
CORPORATE HEADQUARTER'S ADDRESS AND PHONE (if different from above)
STREET ADDRESS: _____________________________________________
CITY: _____________________STATE:_______________ZIP:_________
VOICE PHONE NUMBER:_____________________________
YOUR ORGANIZATION'S
INTERNET DOMAIN NAME:_________________________________________________
(If not a second level domain, please provide a brief explanation as to
your organization's autonomy and relationship to the second level domain).
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
YOUR INTERNET MAIL ADDRESS (for email):
______________________________________________________________________________
METHOD OF PAYMENT:(Check one) C.O.D.____ Prepay ____ Net 30____
Product Name Model# Qty. IDNDP Price Total Price
______________________________ ________ ____ _____________ _____________
______________________________ ________ ____ _____________ _____________
Tax ____________
Shipping (Qty x $20.00) ____________
Total Balance Due ____________
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