SATELLITE DELIVERED USERNET NEWS FEED ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ASR has now become the sole distributor of the PageSat Satellite Usernet News Feed. What is it? ----------- The Usernet Satellite News Feed allows a user to receive a satellite delivered full news feed with all news hierarchies. This system receives a continuous news feed 24-hours a day. Broadcast area -------------- The Usenet News Feed Service covers the continuental U.S., southern Canada and northern Mexico. There is no coverage for Hawaii (sorry Thayne) What you will receive --------------------- An average to 45-50 megabytes of news per day, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. At the recieve end, the user is equipped with a PCSAT (tm) .45 cm Ku-Band antenna and LNB (low noise blockconvertor). A high quality RG-59 coax cable is attached to the LNB and brought indoors to a PCSAT (tm) 300 Satellite Receiver. A standard 4-conductor wire is run from the receiver to the UDI-200 Universal Data Interface, a special modem that demodulates the data, converting if from sync to async. The data is then fed into the host system as standard async at 9600 bps. Costs ----- USERNET NEWS SERVICE: No charge for first 2 years of service. Approx. $40 per month thereafter. HARDWARE: $1800 - Cash prepayment, check or any major credit card. $1900 - With a $1000 down payment, balance in 3 monthly installments of $300.00. $2100 - With a $1000 down payment, balance in $50 monthly payments. PACKAGE DEAL: $2000 - Includes all necessary hardware and 2 years of Usernet News Service, PLUS, PIMP 2.21 (TBBS Internet mail processor) and PRIMP (TDBS, PIMP preprocessor) All prices exclude delivery costs. You may purchase the PageSat system online with any credit card and you specify the delivery method (total weight 30lbs). TO GAIN ACCESS to the Advanced System BBS, DIAL 702-334-3308 LOGON: TBBS SYSOP PASSWORD: SYSMON After you complete the registration, you will be given a logon prompt again. Enter your registration name and continue your normal TBBS 1st time logon. If you wish any further information, you call call Advanced Systems Research at 702-334-3304 or Fido 1:213/900 or InterNet alan.mcnamee@asr.com.