FOR Your Information -------------------- This is a new product announcement from USENET. Forwarding this new product announcement in no way implies an endorsement by Sun etc. etc. -johnj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DASnet(R) Network--Individual DASnet Subscriptions: WHEN YOU ASK SOMEONE FOR AN ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS, YOU CAN PROBABLY REACH THEM--REGARDLESS OF THE SYSTEM THEY USE !! A DASnet Subscription allows you to exchange electronic mail (e-mail) with anyone on more than 20 systems and networks, INCLUDING: ATT Mail, BIX(TM), DASnet(R) Network, DCMETA, Dialcom(SM), EIES, EasyLink(R), Envoy 100(TM), FAX, GeoMail, MCI Mail(R), NWI(R), PeaceNet/EcoNet, Portal Communications(TM), The Source(R), Telemail(R), ATI's Telemail (Japan), Telex, TWICS (Japan), UNISON(R), UUCP, The WELL, Domains e.g. ".COM" and ".EDU". New systems are added all the time. Please contact us if you are interested in a system not listed here. Please ask about: * Corporate Accounts--if your organization wants more than one Individual Subscription. * Site Subscriptions--if you want DASnet to link directly to your organization's electronic mail system. ADVANTAGES: * NOTHING NEW TO JOIN OR LEARN. You continue to use the e-mail or conference system you already use on a regular basis--your home system. There's no need to join another system for e-mail. All you need is your DASnet Subscription. * EXCHANGE E-MAIL with nearly 3 MILLION people--even if they use systems to which you are not a member. * JUST CHECK ONE MAILBOX--EVER. Your e-mail is delivered to your mailbox at your home system on a daily basis (on some systems, more often). Your home system is the only one you ever need to check for electronic mail. To send e-mail through DASnet, you send the message to the DASnet account on your home system. You receive e-mail at your mailbox, as you do now. YOU ALWAYS USE YOUR HOME SYSTEM, with which you've become familiar and comfortable. You never need to learn new menus, editors, or commands. HOW MUCH DOES A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DASnet NETWORK COST? A Subscription costs only only $4.75/month; $5.75/mo. for hosts located outside of the U.S. You are also charged for each message that you send. If you are corresponding with someone who is not a DASnet Subscriber, their mail to you is billed to your account. DASnet charges for some of the services linked by the DASnet Network are listed below; but first, here are some examples of how it works: 1. Jane (on UUCP) sends a 2000-character message to John (who uses The Source). The message will cost her 74 cents. 2. Robert (on MCI Mail in the U.S.) sends a 2000-character message to Rachel (using GeoMail in ENGLAND). Going OVERSEAS costs only $1.79. Compare that to: - Compare to overnight mail: $9 to $14 in the U.S.; $25 to London. - Compare to the cost of a 5-minute phone call: About $1.60 from San Francisco to New York; About $6.00 to London. - Joining more than one system and your on-line time on each system-- using unfamiliar procedures and menus. In addition to the billing by each system, remember to consider the value of your time. - ASO, consider the value of receiving e-mail on a daily basis at your home system--no more worry about urgent messages waiting for you at the system you check only weekly. PARTIAL List DASnet Cost DASnet Cost of Services 1st 1000 Each Add'l 1000 Linked by DASnet (e-mail) Characters Characters: NOTE: 20 lines PeaceNet, Unison(R), UUCP*, .21 .11 of text is app. Domains, e.g. .COM, .EDU* 1000 characters. Dialcom--Any "host" in U.S. .36 .25 Dialcom--Hosts outside U.S. .93 .83 EasyLink (From EasyLink) .21 .11 (To EasyLink) .55 .23 U.S. FAX (internat'l avail.) .79 .37 GeoNet --Any "host" in U.S. .21 .11 GeoNet --Hosts outside U.S. .74 .63 MCI (from MCI) .26 .16 (to MCI) .87 .29 (Paper mail - USA) 2.31 .21 Telemail(R) .36 .25 W.U. Telex--United States 1.79 1.63 (You can also send Telexes outside the U.S.) TWICS--Japan .89 .47 * The charges given here are to the gateway to the network. You are not charged for transmission on the network itself. Charges for the DASnet-linked systems not shown above are available. WHAT DO YOU GET? For your monthly Subscription, you get the following: - A DASnet Subscription, which allows you to exchange electronic mail with nearly 3 million people. - A free listing in the DASnet Network Directory. - A free copy of the DASnet Network Directory. The Directory also includes the instructions for using your Subscription. - The ability to order optional DASnet Services, e.g. auto-porting or DASnet Telex Service (your own Telex number and answerback for only $8.40/month). TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE DASnet NETWORK, please contact DA Systems: DA Systems, Inc. 1503 E. Campbell Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 408-559-7434 TELEX: 910 380-3530 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DASnet is a registered trademark of DA Systems, Inc. ==========================================================================