Daily Digest for 94-03-14
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-14 Mar 94 Russian FREEnet information
#02-14 Mar 94 Friends and Partners Subscribers Database Form (draft)
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-14 Mar 94 Sender: Athol Yates (ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au)
Subject: New Zealand-Russian Conference
#02-14 Mar 94 Sender: asebrant@glas.apc.org (Andrey Sebrant)
Subject: Internet in Russia
#03-14 Mar 94 Sender: PBARFOOT@SUVM.BITNET
Subject: Russian Parliamentary Library
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Russian FREEnet information. Our thanks to Dasha Silaeva
for providing this information on the Russian network,
FREEnet. FREEnet (network for Research, Education and Engineering),
was established in December, 1991. This information is available
from the "Information" page which is itself available from the "Life"
page.
* We are providing below a sample DRAFT form which we would like to send to
all of our Friends and Partners subscribers to collect information
for an on-line directory of our subscribers. After revising based upon
your suggestions, we would like to send this out late this week. Any
subscribers who wish to complete the form will be invited to do so and
then e-mail the completed form to a special address we will establish.
The data from the forms will be loaded into a WAIS database where it will be
available for searching from the Friends and Partners server. We hope
this will become a useful resource for our subscribers and for
visitors to our service. With over 585 current subscribers, we have
an incredible resource of talent and expertise which we would like
organize and represent in a searchable database.
Please send us your comments, suggestions, criticisms about the
composition of the form. We would like to keep it simple but want
to make sure that the information collected is useful.
--------- basic bio/demo form for Friends and Partners server ---------
name:
organization:
position:
address:
office_phone:
fax:
email:
statement of interests:
areas of expertise:
areas of desired contribution or service offerings:
language fluencies:
computer / technical competencies:
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: Athol Yates (ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au)
Subject: New Zealand-Russian Conference
RUSSIAN, SIBERIA, AND ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES
A conference celebrating Fifty years of New Zealand - Russian Diplomatic
Relations, May 11-14 1994.
The Centre of Asia Pacific Studies at Irkutsk University is convening this
conference to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand-Russian diplomatic
relations. Historic and current perspectives of this and other issues will
be discussed.
Meetings between New Zealand and Russian specialists will be organised by
Professor Vladimir Oltarzhevsky, Head of the Centre. Academics,
businessmen and all interested parties are invited and encouraged to
attend.
All those wishing to attend can be incorporated into group bookings for the
entire journey, or into any one part of the arrangements. Conference
details: A registration fee of US$30.00 is payable on arrival.
Accommodation: To keep costs to a minimum and to give participants a taste
of Russian culture, accommodation in Irkutsk will be homestay with Russian
families. Homestays include breakfasts; host families will speak some
English.
To get more information, contact the New Zealand organiser, Richard
Liddicoat at 98 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch, New Zealand or
fax New Zealand on (03) 3381-162. Email can be addressed to Athol Yates at
ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz and he will pass it on.
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Sender: asebrant@glas.apc.org (Andrey Sebrant)
Subject: Internet in Russia
Dear Ben Gill,
I have read your question about Internet connection for your
Russian partners in F&P daily digest. For several years I have been
working with partners all around the world from Moscow using
excellent services of Russian GlasNet network. It's the least
expensive in Russia, has full Internet connectivity - that is, you
may open an account for your friends on YOUR computer and they will
be able to telnet to your machine and you may have real-time chat or
on-line conferences. And, of course, they will have a valid Internet
address and mailbox of their own on Moscow machine.
GlasNet supports both Russian and English characters - but on your
end it will take some simple tricks to be able to see Russian on the
screen.
Difficulty - nothing at all. In two hours after your friends visit
the office of GlasNet, they may start enjoying networking. The
service is available, of course, 7 days a week round the clock. It's
easy - many Moscow schools routinely use it and kids and teachers
participate in various on-line educational projects on a daily
basis.
You may send further questions to (support@glas.apc.org) - User
Support at GlasNet is really friendly and they will tell you more.
Your Russian partners (or you - GlasNet staff speaks both Russian and
English) may call them in Moscow at 207-0704 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on weekdays (Moscow time, of course). Their FAX is 207-0889.
To this letter I also attach GlasNet price list. Because of fast
inflation rate, prices there are expressed in special units, ICSes.
At the moment, 1 ICS = 220 rubles, but this has to change often..
For your estimation, I may tell you that, say, a Moscow school
regularly working in several on-line projects, has to pay equivalent
of $10 to $15 a month... But the kids write and receive a lot!
Please feel free to ask more questions.
See you online,
Andrey Sebrant,
Coordinator of DATASPHERE,
Children's Telecom Center at
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
(asebrant@glas.apc.org)
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/* Written 10:49 am Jan 24, 1994 by pasha in glas:glas.netnews.e */
/* ---------- "GlasNet Prices" ---------- */
** Topic: GlasNet Prices **
(GlasNet) (TM)
PRICE LIST
Payments Procedure
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I. All services will be paid for in conventional units - ICSs.
Prices in ICSs are CONSTANT. Each GlasNet user will have a personal ICS
account balance in the GlasNet database. To calculate the service price
in rubles, one should multiply the price in ICSs by the current exchange
rate, which will be announced on the first day of every month. After each
session, the appropriate amount of ICSs will be subtracted from the
user's personal account.
II. Each user must maintain an account balance of a minimum 10 ICSs
III. The minimum prepayment in ICSs for opening a new mailbox is:
- UUCP 200
- state organizations 140
- non-government organizations 100
- individuals 60
IV. After each session, a user can check his/her balance according to
the previous session (we will provide information about this utility
at a later date).
Transaction prices in ICS:
1 kilobyte (K) = 1000 characters, including spaces and
punctuation marks.
Transaction type Prices in ICS
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1. Monthly
1.1 Average data storage on the host computer
(each KB over 100 KB limit) 5.00/k
1.2 Refund for undelivered fax/telex 80% return
2. Daily
2.1 Account maintenance
2.1.1 Self-financing organization 1.20
2.1.2 Budget (state) organization 0.80
2.1.2 Non-governmental organization 0.75
2.1.3 Individual 0.60
2.1.4 UUCP 10.00
2.1.5 Group 3.50+0.60*N,
where N is a number of subaccounts in a group
2.1.6 Forwarding of incoming mail to an
account specified by the user 0.05
2.1.7 Frozen account 0.05
2.2 Sessions
2.2.1 Moscow (direct dialing to glas host):
9.00-18.00 working days 0.04/min
other times 0.02/min
2.2.2 Via INTERNET
( telnet glas.apc.org or
telnet 193.124.5.33 ) 0.04/min
2.2.3 Connection via X.25 TSI Moscow PAD
(tel.262-70-20), enter *nui(GLAS) 7
9.00-18.00 0.22/min
2.2.4 Connection via X.25 TSI PADs in other
cities *nui(GLASP)7
in St-Petersburg 1.32/min
in Kiev, Odessa 1.52/min
2.2.5 Connection via 024420703707 NUA
(via Datapac) 1.62/min
2.2.6 Connection via 025029904070507 NUA
(via IASNET) 0.22/min
2.2.7 Connection via X.25 INFOTEL PADs:
Center (Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod,
Kazan, St. Petersburg, Novgorod) 0.3/min
South (Rostov-Don) 0.4/min
2.2.8 The Urales (Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk
Tyumen) 0.4/min
2.2.9 Siberia (Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk,
Barnaul) 0.5/min
2.2.10 Far East (Vladivostok) 0.6/min
3. Gateways
3.1 Outgoing electronic mail messages
3.1.1 Within GlasNet 0.00
3.1.2 To Relcom 0.12/K
3.1.3 To APC Networks 0.10/message+
0.10/K
3.1.4 To Internet/Bitnet 0.10/message+
0.25/K
3.1.5 To other networks (via DASNet) 0.50/message+
6.00/K
3.2 Incoming international electronic mail messages
(per each K over 250 K/month) 0.25/K
3.3 Fax (text only, 1 page = 2000 characters)
3.3.1 Moscow 0.45/1st page,0.15/next
3.3.2 xUSSR 1.20/1st page,0.80/next
3.3.3 USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico 8.50/1st page,7.50/next
3.3.4 Great Britain 5.00/1st page,4.50/next
3.3.5 East Europe 9.00/1st page,8.50/next
3.3.6 West Europe 8.00/1st page,6.50/next
3.3.7 Asia, Australia 15.00/1st page,14.0/next
3.4 Telex (subtracted from the account after the telex is sent)
3.4.1 xUSSR 0.88/line
3.4.2 Europe 2.20/line
3.4.3 USA, Canada 4.40/line
3.4.4 Australia 4.95/line
3.4.5 Other 5.50/line
Note: final calculations are made at the end of the month.
4. One-time transactions
4.1 Account opening
4.1.1 Self-financing organization 25.00
4.1.2 Non governmental organization 20.00
4.1.3 Individual 15.00
4.1.4 UUCP 100.00
4.1.5 Group 40.00+15.00*N
4.1.6 Add account to existing group 10.00
4.2 Freeze/unfreeze 5.00
4.3 Set/remove forwarding 5.00
4.4 Rename account 8.00
4.5 Move an account into a group 8.00
4.6 Enter more information about a user
to an on-line database 5.00
4.7 Send a message from user's floppy disk
from GlasNet office 1.00
4.8 Copy user's incoming messages to
floppy disk provided by user 1.50
4.9 Presenting a hard copy of a bill on paper
or by fax 1.00
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Sender: PBARFOOT@SUVM.BITNET
Subject: Russian Parliamentary Library
I am seeking information about the current condition of the Russian
Parliamentary Library. I know that it was severely damaged in the
attack on the Byeli Dom, but am curious about any salvage, reconstruction
efforts, where it will be housed, etc.
Thanks.
Paul Barfoot
Syracuse University Library
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APPENDIX
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