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 }       Thank you for your question.  As your Internet Service Provider, 
} we are pleased to assist in your exploration of the computing world's 
} fastest growing realm. 
} 
}       As you have no doubt observed, the explosion of the Web has made 
} your existing command line account rather limited.  To better serve 
} your expanding needs, we are pleased to offer the following tiered 
} service packages: 
} 
} Baseline Account 
}       This is our most basic account.  You get a shell prompt.  On-line 
}       help is disabled.  Transfer protocol is 'cat'. 
}       $5.00/month 
} 
} Extra(tm) Account 
}       All Baseline features, plus: 
}               o On-line help 
}               o On-line manual pages (first 20 accesses free) 
}               o XModem (checksum) 
}       $7.50/month 
} 
} Super(tm) Account 
}       All Extra(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Unlimited manual page reference 
}               o Lower case support 
}               o 8-bit connection 
}               o XModem (CRC) 
}       $10.00/month + $1.00/hour 
} 
} SuperExtra(tm) Account 
}       All Super(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Command line editing (backspace, ^X) 
}               o 24-hour access privileges 
}               o XModem (1K blocks), YModem 
}               o Free outbound mail 
}       $12.00/month + $1.25/hour 
} 
} Master(tm) Account 
}       All SuperExtra(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Free inbound mail 
}               o Newsgroup access 
}               o ZModem 
}       $15.00/month + $1.65/hour 
} 
} MasterExtra(tm) Account 
}       All Master(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Configurable newline termination 
}               o Apple Newton(tm) support 
}               o Personal netnews killfiles enabled 
}               o 9600 bps access privileges 
}               o Kermit 
}       $20.00/month + $2.10/hour 
} 
} MasterSuper(tm) Account 
}       All MasterExtra(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Account password protection 
}               o Shift-lock support 
}               o Access to code development tools (vi, emacs, EDLIN, 
}                 etc.) 
}               o UUCP 
}       $22.00/month + $2.50/hour + $0.01/Kbyte 
} 
} MasterSuperExtra(tm) Account 
}       All MasterSuper(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Access to additional code development tools (cc, as, 
}                 etc.) 
}               o 80 column support 
}               o 512K storage 
}               o Tint control 
}               o Gopher 
}       $25.00/month + $2.75/hour + $0.05/Kbyte 
} 
} Executive(tm) Account 
}       All MasterSuperExtra(tm) features, plus: 
}               o Access to compiled output (a.out) 
}               o 2048K disk storage (additional to 512K on tape) 
}               o 600 DPI 
}               o SLIP/PPP 
}       $50.00/month + $4.99/hour + $0.198/Kbyte 
} 
}       We are also pleased to announce our first account specially 
} tailored for businesses: 
} 
} Entrepreneur(tm) Account 
}       o Your choice of shell (csh, tcsh, ksh, bash, etc.) 
}       o SLIP, PPP (yielding direct FTP and HTTP connections) 
}       o 14400 bps, 28800 bps, ISDN, or leased line connections available 
}       o 20M storage on RAID array with mirrored backup (additional 
}         storage for extra charge) 
}       o Full suite of development tools (yacc, lex, sed, awk, perl, 
}         etc.) 
}       o DNS registration (become your own domain on the net!) 
}       o Complete PGP tool set 
}       o CNID reverse-lookup phone database 
}       o USGS maps collated and annotated by zip code and demographics 
}         (in Postscript and DVI) 
}       o Access to all our members' registration data (excepting those 
}         who explicitly requested at least three times to be excluded) 
}       o Public relations tools (SpamTool, with NoCem evasion heuristics) 
}       o Libel/slander control facilities (canceltool) 
}       o Intelligent mail filter suites 
}       o 24-hour phone support 
} 
}       $300.00/month! 
}       (Must be registered as a commercial business within your state to 
}       qualify) 
} 
}       We think you'll agree these new options offer unparallelled 
} flexibility, and that no one else offers a better deal for direct 
} Internet access.  We're pleased you've chosen us, and hope will 
} continue to stay with us.  See you on the Net! 
} 
}       You owe The Oracle an account on best.com. 
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