Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site sol1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!akgua!sol1!john From: john@sol1.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.news.adm,net.news.sa Subject: SAVE 41% ON NEWS/MAIL TRANSFER COSTS ! Message-ID: <391@sol1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 23:26:33 EST Article-I.D.: sol1.391 Posted: Mon Dec 16 23:26:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Dec-85 03:03:33 EST Reply-To: john@sol1.UUCP (John Korsmeyer) Organization: THE SOLUTION, Lincoln, NE Lines: 98 Xref: watmath net.news.adm:466 net.news.sa:224 Over the years, USENET has grown to be sizable network. So large, in fact, that the substantial cost of transferring news has become a tremendous financial burden to many. As of late, there is daily USENET conversation with regard to backbone sites cutting groups, increasing moderation, and otherwise desperately seeking ways to lower phone bills. THE SOLUTION has an answer. We are offering to feed a number of sites news and transfer mail via the extensive and proven Tymnet network at a substantial savings. Subscriber sites simply dial a local Tymnet access number and connect via uucp to our machine. Your site is billed monthly only for actual connect time on THE SOLUTION. It is important to point out that we are not charging for news, but are providing a low-cost 'carrier' alternative to your current Bell company, etc. Xfernews protocol is used to assure that articles sent are received. Currently, there are time-slots open to feed approximately 16 sites with provision to more than double present capacity within 2-3 months. SOLUTION feeds are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Interested parties may obtain a SOLUTION contract and credit application by sending your email request to {ihnp4,akgua}!sol1!john. Participating sites, on approval of credit, will be billed monthly at the following rates: TYMNET CITY CLASS RATE A $5.54/hr B $6.29/hr C $7.79/hr (note: there are very few class C cities) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN COMPILED SO THAT YOU MAY GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE SAVINGS YOU CAN EXPECT WITH A SOLUTION FEED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Based on the 11/22/85 traffic through seismo report: 2 week traffic = 14.112388 MBytes X 2 --------------- 1 month = 28.224776 MBytes -------------------------------- OVER NORMAL LONG DISTANCE LINES: -------------------------------- Transfer rate ~= 110 cps with 20% dead time. (no chars being transferred) Actual phone line time to transfer 28.224776 MB ~= 89.09 hrs. YOUR COST ~= $1,151.04 (Based on ave. hourly nite-time charges of $12.92) ------------ OVER TYMNET: ------------ Transfer rate ~= 80 cps with 20% dead time. Actual tymnet line time to transfer 28.224776 MB ~= 122.50 hrs. ==================================================== | TYMNET | $$ | $$ | MONTHLY | | CITY CLASS | PER HOUR | MONTHLY | SAVINGS | | OR CARRIER | | | (percent) | ==================================================== | BELL | $12.92 | $1,151.04 | 0% | ---------------------------------------------------- | A | $ 5.54 | $ 678.65 | 41% | ---------------------------------------------------- | B | $ 6.29 | $ 770.53 | 33% | ---------------------------------------------------- | C | $ 7.79 | $ 954.28 | 17% | ==================================================== These figures reflect NO mail transfer, so if you do a lot of mail transfer you can expect an even greater savings. We are constantly working on increasing the throughput of Solution feeds so that you may appreciate greater savings. We will also have 2400 baud feeds available from a number of Class A cities soon. Regards, John Korsmeyer @ THE SOLUTION Korsmeyer Electronic Design, Inc. 5701 Prescott Ave. Lincoln, NE 68506 {ihnp4,akgua}!sol1!john