Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houem.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!houem!bear From: bear@houem.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: Extracts from CSNET news, May 1983 Message-ID: <147@houem.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Jul-83 12:56:54 EDT Article-I.D.: houem.147 Posted: Tue Jul 26 12:56:54 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 01:07:13 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 40 >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