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Changes in this issue. 4. Where to get a new copy. 5. Where to send updates to. BBS Section ----------- 7. Short version of the list. 8. Long (detailed) version of the list 9. Beginners information. Internet Section ---------------- 10. Internet Service Providers List 11. The internet explained. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =========================== I N T R O D U C T I O N =========================== Welcome to Canterbury Online. This is a list of public BBSs & ISPs in Canterbury. The majority of these BBSs are run by it's operator as a hobby from home, and therefore are free or cheap to access. This list is maintained by Craig Shore in spare time. There is no charge for a BBS to be listed here, and the list is free. It is updated every month and released by the first of every month. Because of the rapidly changing situation in the online world, this list is only valid for one month, and MUST NOT be used in any way whatsoever after that time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ===================== C O P Y R I G H T ===================== Canterbury Online is copyright Craig Shore 1998. It may only be copied under the following conditions:- * It has not been modified in any way. * No charge is being made for it or the media it is stored on. ('charge' includes file ratios on BBSs, it must be a free download). * It has not passed its expiry date. This list may not be printed within another publication, you're welcome to print a reference where to get a copy though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================= C H A N G E S I N T H I S I S S U E ============================================= ADDED:- Body Count REMOVED:- Lightspeed UPDATED:- Night Runners, The Trashcan, Global Village ISP'S UPDATED: Re-added Netaccess ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================= W H E R E T O G E T A C O P Y O F T H I S L I S T ========================================= This text list is updated monthly, and released by the 1st of every month. There is also an HTML version on the Canterbury Online WWW site which is updated as the information comes in. Canterbury Online is available from these BBS's (and many others) free of file charges... BBS Directory Southern Lights BBS-LIST Valkyrie Log in as CO-LIST Valkyrie Free Downloads in Main Menu (All users) Valkyrie AFREE in Files Area (Validated users) Generations On-Line Log in as BBSLIST The file is called CO-mmmyy.TXT (Where mmm=Month and yy=year, e.g. CO-JUN98.TXT) World Wide Web (WWW) ========================== http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/col/ Usenet ====== It's posted to alt.bbs.lists on it's release day. Email ===== Canterbury Online is mailed out on the Internet each month. If you wish to have your name added to this list please email col@clear.net.nz and ask. AUCKLAND BBS LIST ================= The Auckland BBS List is done by MICK of the GIGLine BBS. Data (09) 2385167. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================= W H E R E T O S E N D U P D A T E S ============================================= If there's any incorrect or missing information in this list that you know about, please contact me and let me know by one of the following means... Preferred:- EMail: Internet to craig@southern.co.nz Fido: Craig Shore@3:770/125 Log onto Southern Lights and send email to Craig Shore or netmail it to me at Southern Lights on any other network they carry. Fax: 365-6456 (during daylight hours) Not preferred, but there if you are unable to use the above:- Snail Mail: Craig Shore PO Box 35-018 Shirley Christchurch 8030. Phone Craig on (Voice): 365-6501 (before 9pm) Updates are accepted from anyone, not just the sysop, but please send substantial information. Only send information on BBSs that you KNOW are available for public access. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================== ============================================================================== B B S S e c t i o n ============================================================================== ============================================================================== The format of the listing is as follows... Name of the BBS (Sysops name, and helpers [alias]) Phone number [stepping] (speed of the modem) Hours: the hours the BBS operates (only present if not 24 hour) Fees: what it costs to access (only present if there is a charge) Files: O/Ss that they have programs available to download for Software: The software the BBS is running on. Nets: Networks they carry [see below for more information]. Notes: General notes about the BBS and offline readers available Address: where to send normal mail to. Voice: The operators home number (please remember s/he sleeps!) Fax: The BBSs Fax number CD's: CD-Roms that are online for you to download files from. Email: The sysops internet email address Advert: An advert from the BBS about itself. Tested: The date when it was last tested to see if it was still online. Where stepping is mentioned, that's Telecoms stepping, which means that if you call a number and it's busy, Telecoms computer diverts your call to another number. If all the numbers in the stepping are busy, you'll get the usual busy tone. ============= Network Key ============= There are many networks around that carry public messages, private email (although it may be read by any sysop it passes through), and files (usually only able to be done by the sysop). These are local, national, and international. You can send email to a user on another BBS through these networks. The first part of the network number is listed here for Christchurch BBSs, and the last number significiant for each BBS is listed in each BBSs entry in the long list. NAME CHCH NODE NUMBER CHCH HUB BBS, NAME FIDO Fido Net - 3:770/ Remote Access, Graeme Kerr 116 SouthLink - 99:100/ RA-Net - 179:615/ Amiganet - 41:643/ Familynet - 8:9000/ Lightspeed, Glen Hodgman 350 X-Files - 66:770/ Resistance Net - 222:2222/ Sig Net - 28:1600/ Local Net - 85:200/ A-J Net - 110:1/ TF Net - 170:1704/ CityLink - 80:200/ AD-Net - 124:643/ NZF Net - 120:6151/ Midi Maze, Dennis Collins 355 SBL Net - 150:300/ RGSNet - 50:150/ BC Net - 800:564/ STN - 111:8643/ Acid Lake, Ben Aitchison 255.666 Singles Net - 784:897/ e.g. If a BBS has Nets: Fido 000, then it's address is 3:770/000 With some BBS software, e.g. SearchLight, it's then as easy as selecting to send email, then address it to user name@address e.g. Joe Bloggs@3:770/000 ============================================== C A N T E R B U R Y O N L I N E ( Short BBS List ) ============================================== >> June 1998 << Expires: 30th June 1998 BBS PHONE SPEED NOTES Acid Lake 3371733 (28.8k) Area 51 3432365 (33.6k) [10:30pm - 8:00am] Body Count 3825355 (33.6k) The Breakfast Club 3593035 (28.8k) Canterbury Library 3746510 (14.4k) [Use VT100 emulation, Login: OPACDU] The Choice 03-3085201 (14.4k) [Ashburton] 03-3082611 (14.4k) DevilS StudiO 3888502 (14.4k) [9:30pm - 5:00pm] Digital City 03-6846394 (28.8k) [Timaru] 03-6846742 (28.8k) The Empire 3821130 (28.8k) The Flipside BBS 03-3070525 (?) [Ashburton] FREEDOM Seekers 3835993 (28.8k) Generations Online 3554338 (28.8k) Global Village 3412057 (33.6k) 3412052 (33.6k) [Subscribers only] Immortal Realms 3829797 (?) [Mon-Fri 10am-10pm I N S A N i T Y 03-3139355 (14.4k) [Mon-Fri 9pm-4pm, Sat-Sun 9pm-8am] The Jungle 3882203 (14.4k) The Keep 3821439 (33.6k) Learning Curve 3324847 (14.4k) Lost In Bedrock BBS 3860276 (33.6k) Mactropolis 3777460 (28.8k) [steps - 7 lines] Midi-Maze 3855391 (14.4k) Modem Madness 3844982 (28.8k) Murphy's 3519020 (28.8k) Night Runners 3383529 (33.6k) On Line Support 3667324 (14.4k) Papa Smurfs 3376539 (?) Planet Melmac 3486522 (14.4k) Players 3526045 (33.6k) [Fri&Sat 8pm-8am] Pointless Network 3896178 (28.8k) [steps - 2 lines] Pony's Stall 3746025 (33.6k) Project Amiga 3385185 (28.8k) Realm of Insanity 3386461 (14.4k) 3386042 (14.4k) [Subscribers only] Remote Access 3493236 (19.2k) Scott B@se 03-3086911 (33.6k) [Ashburton] ShockWave 3523146 (14.4k) [9.30pm-6am] Southern Lights 3886655 (33.6k) 3821000 (33.6k) [Subscribers only,4 lines] St Albans Infolink 3790983 (33.6k) [Access by PPP] Tony's 3831155 (33.6k) [Subscribers only] Total Devastation 3894934 (33.6k) The Trashcan 3425440 (33.6k) The UnderGround 3390322 (28.8k) Valkyrie 3856211 (28.8k) [2 nodes, steps] COPYRIGHT Craig Shore 1998. Please see full list for Copyright Information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================== C A N T E R B U R Y O N L I N E ( Long BBS List ) ============================================== >> June 1998 << Expires: 30th June 1998 Acid Lake (Ben Aitchison) 3371733 (28.8k V.34) Software: ANTiX Files: BBS utilities, especially for ProBoard and RemoteAccess. Nets: Fido 255.666,Resistance Net, AD-Net, LocalNet 165, STN 100 Notes: Member of NCSSA, the National Coalition of SysOps and System Administrators. CDs : 2 drives;Games 1, Games 2, Super Oz Volume 3, Gamers Companion, Windows Companion Email: ben.aitchison@valkyrie.co.nz Tested: 30-3-98 Area 51 (Cam McKay) 3432365 (33.6k V.34+) Hours: 10:30pm - 8:00am Fees: $10 gets you additional file access and 60 mins a day for 6 months. Files: Dos, Windows, games, utils, & "other" areas. Software: Remote Access 2.02 Email: cam.mckay@johnnos.pl.net Notes: Crash land at Area 51 tonight. User friendly SysOp. Tested: 10-4-98 Body Count (Glenn Sutton) 3825355 (33.6k V.34+) Fees: For extra access and internet email $20pa Files: MPEG 3, Win, DOS, Games Nets: BC Net 2, Fido 135, Resistance 125 Software: Remote Access 2.02 Notes: Internet Email & Usenet available CD's: 1 Drive; Cream of the Crop Tested: The Breakfast Club BBS (Tom Allen) 3593035 (28.8k V.34) Files: Dos Games, Win Games, Dos Utilities, Win Utilities Graphics, Entertainment, BBSs with Utils, Animation's, Business, Home/Personal Nets: Fido, RGS. Software: Renegade version 10.05 Tested: 30-3-98 [no answer 30-4-98] Canterbury Public Library OPAC (Paul Sutherland) 3746510 (14.4k V.32bis) Notes: Login as OPACDU You NEED to use a communications program that FULLY supports VT100 (not ANSI!). This is under the Terminal Emulation settings of your comms program. Internet Access- telnet to library.ccc.govt.nz, login as OPAC WWW http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Library/ PO Box: 1466, Christchurch. Tested: 30-4-98 The Choice BBS (Ian Segers) (03) 3085201 (14.4k V.32bis) [Ashburton] (03) 3082611 (14.4k V.32bis) [Ashburton] Fees: Free, Fido $35 p/a, Internet $35 p/a, both $60 p/a Files: DOS,Windows Software: Searchlight 4.0a Notes: LH-Blue & Valance QWK Offline readers. CDs: 1 Drive;[18 cds] Night Owl 11,13,14,15,16, Giga Games 2, all 4 Simtel Voice: (03) 308-8274 Fax: (03) 3085201 Tested: 30-3-98 DevilS StudiO (CraiG MolloY [ShaggY],ZeaL OF imAge, RoY KindelL [SloB]) Data: 3888502 (14.4k V.32bis) Hours: 9:30pm - 5:00pm Fees: $15.00 Reg Fee for Better Access Notes: After Shelling out $15.00 there is no 3:1KB file ratio Files: Mainly Dos,Windows & Hacks Cracks ,JPGS of That Sort Software: Remote Access 2.02+ Nets: Resistance 111.1, Fido 320.3 CD's: Night Owl 13, Super OZ,Cream of The Crop 2 Advert: A SySoP WitH NothinG BetteR TO DO ThaN DO ThiS CausE ThE NeT IS TO SloW. Tested: 30-9-97 Digital City (Dean Gray, Neil Hitchcox) (03) 6846439 (28.8k V.34) [Timaru - steps] (03) 6846742 (28.8k V.34) [Timaru] Fees: Free - Limited Access $30 - Unlimited Files, Node 3 access $50 - Unlimited Files, Node 3 access, flat-rate internet email Files: Dos, Windows, OS/2, Mac, Amiga Software: Searchlight 4.5b Notes: 2 QWK offline readers and point nodes available. Online internet email and usenet K12 Educational distributor Online credit card registration and callback verifier Public access component of PlaNet(NZ) Timaru Internet: .timaru.chch.planet.org.nz CDs: 3 drives - Night Owl 20, 21 Cream of the Crop 12 Voice: Dean (03) 688 0737 Helpline: (025) 837 521 Tested: 30-3-98 EMPiRE BBS (Stewart Ellis [CRAZZiE]) 3821130 (28.8k V.34) Software: Remote Access 2.02+, FD2.12, WGO.93b, AllFix Nets: TFNet 170:1704/0 Scifi Network [CHCH HUB] ADNet 124:643/2 Gaming Network[WELL HUB] SBLnet 150:300/1 Welly Network [CHCH HUB] RESiSTANCE 222:2222/111 LocalNet 85:200/120 KhaosNet 201:2001/10 DoomsDays Network [WHQ] Notes: Registered - LORD2.LORDNET BRE.FE.TAL.AB2.GlobalWar.Clans. BlueWave Offline Reader and Points Availble Voice: Stewart 388-4258 CDs: 4 Drives; Giga Games,Shareware Heaven 3 Email: Stewart stewart.ellis@empire.pl.net Tested: 30-3-98 The Flipside BBS (Andrew Calder AKA Viggen) (03) 3070525 (?) [Ashburton] Files: DOS Only Software: Telegard Nets: Fido 280, d:CAF 64:31/1, Ashnet 727:100/1, SBLnet 150:300/4 Notes: QWK Packets, fido-tech links/points supported Email: viggen@flipside.toontown.gen.nz, andrewc@choice.southern.co.nz Advert: A message/door game-based BBS setup to serve the greater Mid-Canterbury area and beyond. Full access on first call, extra access to out-of-town callers and sysops. Tested: 30-3-98 FREEDOM Seekers (David Watkins) 3835993 (28.8k V.34) Software: RemoteAccess 2.02 Nets: AD-Net 124:643/1 ZC, SBL 150:300/2, AdventureNet 33:1000/0 RC, Cyber3DNet 331:7000/1 RC d:CAF 64:30/1 Hub and Fido 3:770/285 Voice: 383-5997 Address: 2 Arden Place, Parklands Email: david.watkins@freedom.pl.net Notes: Email and Newsgroups are free. Mainly Games related BBS. Tested: 8-4-98 Generations On-Line (Danny Boskell) 3554338 (28.8k V.FC) Fees: Free: E-Mail Charges may apply. Any Donations Appreciated Files: Genealogy, Games, Security, Windows, BBS Software. CD's: Super Oz, Games,Sound,Music,Midi, The Arsenal Files Nets: GeneNet (Hub), FidoNet, Newsgroups Software: Searchlight v4.5b Fax: 355-4202 Email: danny@jabbs.gen.nz Notes: A friendly BBS, where you can enjoy the benefits you deserve. We offer QWK, Fido Points, Internet Email, Usenet,. A Bulletin Board Dedicated to Family Trees & Genealogy. Ever wanted to do your family Tree, & not had the software or resources to do it? We have a large section growing on the BBS of Files, Both Dos &, Windows Files to help you compile your Family Tree. We also have a wide variety of Public Message Areas which are Exported /Imported throughout the world to help you in your searches. Let us be your first Stop in your search. Tested: 30-4-98 number not connected. Global Village BBS (Simon Young, Roger Nesbitt) 3412057 Public Node - (33.6k V.34+) 3412052 Donators Nodes (3 lines, stepping) - (33.6k V.34+) Fees: Node 1 FREE for everyone, Donators of $15 or more/yr receive access to nodes 2, 3 and 4 with 1hr+ online, fax, CDROM access, email and timebank facility, with greater access in teleconference. Files: General Selection with a large music and video files section. Software: Searchlight (ver. 5.02) Nets: FIDO 160, Resistance 165. Notes: We carry registered versions of LORD, TEOS, BRE, FE and Global War - GV is also engaged in a number of interBBS door game competitions. We offer multinode teleconference (Mogtalk) which, due to a recent network upgrade, has a possible 9-node chat! Alias' welcome (first time callers log on with realname first) QWK offline reader support. CallerID is used here, so please ensure your number is displayed - help available online about this. Voice: 021 677 075 (24hours) CDs: 4 Drives; Cream of the Crop and Monster Media CD's Email: say16@student.canterbury.ac.nz Advert: Users who remember the days of TLB will appreciate the new 9 node teleconference facility. Login to chat to many other users in an interface which is superior to IRC. New users always welcome! Tested: 30-3-98 Immortal Realms (Stalker) 3829797 (?) Hours: 10am-10pm Files: Games, Hacks, Adult Software: Remote Access 2.02 Nets: Fido, Resistance, BC Net, Usenet Tested: 30-3-98 I N S A N i T Y (EoF) 03-3139355 (14.4k V.32bis) [Rangiora] Hours: Mon-Fri 9pm-4pm ,Sat-Sun 9pm-8am Files: DOS, Windows, Amiga. Software: Renegade Nets : Fido 215.3, RGSNet 145, INNet 1 Notes: HEAPS of guitar TABlature, Bass TAblature, ChoRDs and LYRics. Voice: 03-3135153 before 8am-9:30pm. CDs: 1 Drive; Too much Shareware, Sharewareheaven. Advert: I N S A N i T Y is dedicated to Fun! No fees, just do what you want. Only charge is telecoms toll to Rangiora. Tested: The Jungle BBS (Diane Lunsky [Shedevil]) 3882203 (14.4k V.32bis) Software: Remote Access CD: 1 drive; Night Owl Tested: 30-3-98 [no answer 30-4-98] The Keep (Jeffrey Meikle) 3821439 (33.6k V.34+) Files: ? Nets: Acid Net 144:1/0, Resistance Software: Shotgun Pro Notes: No File Ratio's, Instant Access. Ansi/Rip/SVGA display modes. To get the SVGA Mode, ring and grab the SVGA Client. Acid Net is a message net started by The Keep, with message bases for every one, if it's not there... then ask and it'll be added in. Tested: 30-4-98 busy Learning Curve BBS (Jonathan Scott) 3324847 (14.4k V.32bis) Files: -windows & windows games -graphics (lots of pics and utils) -sound (lots of song files and utils) -some educational files Software: Searchlight 4.5b Nets: Fido 240 Tested: 30-4-98 Lost In Bedrock BBS (Justin Currie) 3860276 (V.34+ 33.6k) Fees: Free, 20mins/day All file Areas, Door Games, Timebank, Lotto, Message Areas Files: Windows-95, Duke3d, Quake, Mp3, Midi Sound Files,Games And Many More. Software: Searchlight 4.5,1 Node Nets: Fido 210, Southlink 130,BC NET 9, RES Net 255 CD's: 4 Drives; Night Owl etc Voice: Justin Currie 025 2229993 Email: jcurrie@xtra.co.nz Notes: Valance QWK offline reader, Door Games. Friendly people, good atmosphere, 2 Gig of files, Over 50 Mp3s files, Good Inter BBS Games Inclduing Falcons Eye, Bre , Arcadian Legends Duke3D Add-ons, Quake Add-ons. Mannual Validation also. Tested: 30-4-98 Mactropolis (Anthony Jose, Richard Kelly,Chris White, Stephen Smith, Grant Laugesen) 3777460 (28.8k V.34) [steps - 6 lines] + 10 internet connections Fees: Fee for files access etc - varies. Files: Mac Software: First Class 3.1. [will change soon to FirstClass Intranet Server 5.1 - you'll need to update your client program to use it.] Notes: There is CLI access to this BBS, but you are best to use the graphical client software to access it. This is available for the Mac & Microsoft Windows on a PC. Mainly of interest to Mac users. Networked with other First Class BBSs in NZ. Internet Email & Usenet Available to subscribers. Mactropolis is live on the internet and accepts up to 10 users logged in over the internet either by Telnet or with the First Class client software. The address is fc.mactropolis.co.nz CDs: 6 Drives; Jan 98 AMUG (4 CD's), MacFormat 5.4, IMG 5-4 Tested: 30-4-98 Midi-Maze BBS (Dennis Collins, Kelly Stevenson) 3855391 (14.4k V.32bis) Fees: Full files access $5 p/a, Internet E-mail ($5.00 per year) Files: Midi music, S/Blaster, GUS, PAS, Covox, Adlib. AWE32, Multimedia support. Adult areas (access with ID) Software: Remote access 2.02 Nets: Fido 355, Catnet 169:1105/3 NZFnet (NC) 120:6151/40 CD's 1 Drive; Sound, Midi & Music Vol-1 Email Dennis.Collins@xtra.co.nz Notes: Interbbs Timebank, Interbbs Lord. Usenet NewsGroups (Free to all users) Inter-bbs Lord plus other door games, Adult door games Tested: 30-4-98 Modem Madness BBS (Shane Morgan, Shaz Morgan) 3844982 (28.8k V.34) Fees: Free, 30mins/day, 10:1 File Ratio File Areas, Door Games, Timebank, Lotto, Message Areas Files: DOS, Windows-95, Duke3d,Cracks from the internet, Midi Doors, Lord + IGM's, Mame Games And Many More. Nets: Fido-Net 230, Southlink-Net 115, SL-Net 4515, Local-Net 110 Resistance-Net 195 Software: Searchlight 4.5 #4514, 1 Node Email: shanem@es.co.nz Notes: Valance QWK offline reader, Door Games. Friendly people, good atmosphere, 2 Gig of files, 1200 Doors 250 IGM's for lord, Over 3000 Cracks ,and are being added all the time. All The Mame Eumulators Games, 700 Duke3D Add-ons.... And Many more Add-on's Feel free to ring and see what the Madness is all about. You Will NOT be hassled on here !!! Tested: 30-4-98 Murphy's BBS (Norm & Coleen Bowden) 3519020 (28.8k V.34) Files: DOS, Windows, G-RATED JPGs, Genealogy Nets: Fido 10, RGSNET (RENEGADE N/W) 125, CITYLINK 10, LORDNET 15 X-FILES 14 Software: Renegade Ver 5-11 (11-5-96) Notes: Registered Version of RENEWAVE - BLUEWAVE/QWK offline Mail Door Catering for the More Mature user, Genealogist & Message readers / posters Tested: 30-4-98 Night Runners BBS (Philip Clark) 3383529 (33.6k V.34+) Files: Dos/Windows Utils & Games, Cracks ,Graphics Software: Remote Access 2.02 Nets: Fido 320, BcNet ZC 1 CDs: 4 drives; Night Owl, Monster Media Advert: All New Users Welcome Sysop's wanting to join BcNet Freq Tested: 30-4-98 On Line Support (John Clarke, Donald Campbell) 3667324 (14.4k V.32bis) Files: DOS, Windows, Win 95, OS/2 Software: Searchlight 4.5a Nets: Fido 120 Notes: Internet Email, QWK offline readers, Searchlight Support BBS. CD-Rom: 10 drives ; Fax: 377-2324 Faxback Service: 03-377-2325 Voice: 365-6226 or 025 377-315 Email: john@syntech.co.nz donald.campbell@ols.gen.nz PO Box: On Line Support BBS,FreePost 1228 P.O.Box 3153, Christchurch 8001. Address: 439 Barbadoes Street,Christchurch 8001. Tested: 30-3-98 [no answer 30-4-98] Papa Smurf's Peace Pipe (Ben Marsh) 3376539 Fees 40 mins free Files Most requests, fast growing file base CD's 4CD changer (empty!) Software Proboard 2.16 Email b_ware@goplay.com Notes Will get allmost anything on demand One of the citys few totlly clean BBS Come try it out Tested 30-4-98 Planet Melmac (Murray Cameron) 3486522 (14.4k V.32bis) Fees: for no file limits, & extra time Files: DOS,Windows, Weather Satellite Pictures Software: Searchlight 4.0 Nets: Fido 130 Notes: Ham radio & Satellite Communications files and discussion areas (both local and international). Megaread & SLQWK offline readers PO Box: 8694,ChCh CDs: 2 Drives;? Tested: 30-4-98 Players (Scott Roberts) 3526045 (33.6k V.34) Hours Fri & Sat 8pm-8am Files Games, Cheats, Adult, Hacks Software Remote Access 2.02 Voice 352-6045 outside BBS Hours Notes Door Games Tested 2-2-98 Pointless Network (Rick Nolan, Bill Allan) 3896178 (28.8k V.FC) [steps - 3 nodes] Fees: $45 p/a for usenet & email access, CDs etc. Files: Atari,? Software: Maximus 2.01wb Notes: Usenet and Internet email available. QWK Offline reader. Fax: 389-6178 CDs: 3 Drives; Atari, ??? Tested: 30-4-98 Pony's Stall (David & Deirdre Scott, Lynne Pattison, Matthew Lamb) 3746025 (33.6k V.34+) Files: DOS Games,cheats,text, Windows,Gifs, Adult Software: Renegade Notes: Online Games & general Dos & Windows files Adult files available on proof of age Generous ratios to Adult or donating users Email service available to donating users only. Nuisance callers deleted immediately! Tested: 30-4-98 busy PROJECT AMIGA BBS (James Sleeman) 3385185 (28.8k V.34) Files: Amiga, 1000s of MODS on CD. Fees: For CD access, no DL ratios , larger private directory etc, details online. Software: DLG Version 1 Voice: 338-5857 Nets: Fido 380, Southlink 120, Amiganet 180, A-J NET 1, NZFNET 70 Notes: QWK offline reader, online shop, many networks, NASA mailing list as well as others, Doors. CDs: 1 drive; Aminet Set 1, Set 2, Professional Utilities, UPD Gold Set, 17 Bit collection, Ultimate Mod CD. 16 CDs in all !! Tested: 30-4-98 busy Realm of Insanity (Seth Wagoner) 3386461 (14.4k V.32bis) 3386042 (14.4k V.32bis) Fees: For node 2 Software: Searchlight 4.5b Notes: Aliases mandatory. High volume local message traffic. Role playing games. Hand moderated games of Diplomacy using e-mail. Tested: 30-3-98 [30-4-98 busy] Remote Access (Graeme Kerr) 3493236 (19.2k V.32bis) Files: DOS/Windows Utils & Games, Graphics Software: Remote Access 2.02 Nets: Fido 116,Adnet 14, Renegade 110, Southlink 145, BcNet 3 Address: 28 Bicknor Street Christchurch NZ Fax: 3496008 Notes: All New Users Welcome. K12 Educational Network ( School Access Only ). Node Co-Ordinator FidoNet NZ, Main FidoNet Mail Hub. Full Support For FidoNet Boards & Points. Off-Line Readers - Blue Wave & QWK. Full Range of FidoNet EchoMail Conferences. Full Range of Gated Internet Newsgroups. Delivered Board & Point Mail by arrangement. FidoNet Zone Mail Hour 6-7am NZST. Great Selection of Latest Software. CD-Rom: 8 Drives; The Latest CD's on line Tested: 30-4-98 Scott B@se (Nathan Scott) 03-3086911 (33.6k V.34+) [Ashburton] Files: DOS, Win 3.1, Win 95, OS/2 CD's: 2 Drives; Night Owl 19, 20 Nets: Ashnet, Fido Software: Telegard 3.02/mL Voice: 03 308-4001 Email: nscott@voyager.co.nz Tested: 31-3-98 ShockWave (Dwayne Duffield) 3523146 (14.4k V.32bis) Hours: 9:30pm - 6am Files: Win 95, DOS, Graphics, Sound, Games Software: Excalibur 1.52 Notes: You need the Excalibur Terminal to use this BBS. Excalibur runs in Microsoft Windows. Call with a normal comms program and download the software with X, Y, or ZModem. Voice: 352-3146 outside BBS hours. Email: nzdwayne@yahoo.com Tested: 2-2-98 [30-4-98 busy] Southern Lights (Chris Pheloung, Per Vilsbaek) 3886655 (X+) [First Time Callers, Free and Basic Access Users Line] 3882323 (X+) [Registered Only - Use Node 4 (382-1000)] 3886677 (X+) [Registered Only - Use Node 4 (382-1000)] 3821000 (X+) [Registered Users Call This Line. Steps to ALL Nodes] Fees: Free - Limited Access 30 days trial - Node 1 Only. $10 - Basic Access, 3:1 File Ratio, 30 Mins, Node 1 Only. $15 - Unlimited Files, Access to all Nodes. $20 - Unlimited Files, Access to All Node, Internet E-Mail Account. $30 - Family Membership. For Two Members of the same Household. Access to All Nodes. Two Internet E-Mail Accounts. Files: General Selection on assorted CD's aimed at PC Users. Nets: Fido 125, Southlink 140, Local-Net 145, InterNet Newsgroups. Software: Searchlight 5.02 with Full RIP Graphics Interface. ViaMail! 1.40h Front End Mailer & Tosser. CDs: 2 x 4 Changer CDROM Units with the following currently Online.. NightOwl 27,& 26. - Monster Media 16 & 19. - Game Box 1. Cream of the Crop 26, & 28. - The Pier Shareware 10. Notes: Customized RIP Graphic Screens are used in all areas of the BBS. For the best effects, Use either Ripterm 1.54 or 2.20 or the other alternative is Telix For Windows and set the Terminal Type to Ripscript 1.54 Caller Display is used on all Lines. Please do not withhold your number as the system will disconnect you during Login if you do. SLQWK & Valence Offline Reader, Internet E-Mail Send & Receive. Internet Newsgroups Send & Receive. Many of the Latest Door Games to Play. Voice: Chris 025 368-755 or Per 025 226-3556 Fax: 388-7600 (24hrs) Email: chris@southlights.gen.nz per@southlights.gen.nz Advert: Reliable Internet E-Mail service for fast & efficient communication with friends, relatives, and business associates around the world. We have a dedicated phone line and modem online 24 hours a day for maximum performance in Internet E-Mail turnaround times. It is in your Mailbox the moment it enters our site. You can choose your own name or think up something unique to attach to our Domain Name. Full RIP Interface with Customized Graphics screens. Using either Ripterm 1.54, Ripterm 2.20 or Telix For Windows, you can navigate Southern Lights using your Mouse instead of the conventional keyboard. Ripterm is available for download on entering the system. Internode Chatting available in Real Time on all 4 Nodes. With the Four different Message Networks we are involved in, we are sure there is something here for everybody. Why not come and take a look today!! Tested: 30-4-98 St Albans Infolink (Steve Carr) 3790983 (33.6k V.34+) Software: PPP Notes: This system is running as a stand-alone internet. Access is by PPP. Name Server: 10.1.1.10 WWW: www.prompt2.co.nz Be careful... if you are changing settings in your WWW broswer, newsreader etc note them down so you can change them back! Tested: 30-4-98 TONY'S BBS (Tony Hall) 3831155 (33.6k V.34+) Fees: Guests - Limited access. 15 mins/day Subscription users - Full access - Total support - $5 per month Files: DOS, Windows, Win95, WinNT, OS/2, Amiga Software: Maximus 2.01 & BinkleyTerm on OS/2 Nets: Fido 101, 57/0 Regional CoOrdinator FidoNet NZ, Main FidoNet Mail Hub Notes: Full Support For FidoNet Boards & Points Off-Line Readers - Blue Wave & QWK Full Range of FidoNet EchoMail Conferences Full Range of Gated Internet Newsgroups Delivered Board & Point Mail by arrangement FidoNet Zone Mail Hour 6-7am NZST Great Selection of Latest Software Address: TONY'S BBS - OPUS Technology P.O.Box 5104, Christchurch Email: tonyhall@voyager.co.nz Voice: 383-1146 or Mobile 025-324-581 Fax: 383-1149 Tested: 30-4-98 Total Devastation (Cleaner, Zodiac) 3894934 (33.6k V.34+) Files: Windows, DOS, etc Software: Remote Access 2.12 Nets: BC Net 13, Fido 355.3, Resistance 190, Singles Net 115, Usenet Notes: All door games are registered Tested: 4-5-98 The Trashcan (Nicholas MacKechnie) 3425440 (X+) Fees: Free - Limited Access, read Only Newsgroups $15 - 60 Minutes a Day, No Ratios, read Only Newsgroups $20 - 60 Minutes a Day, No Ratios, Email & Internet Newsgroups Adult Access available to Donating users with Proof of Age. Files: General Selection of over 25,000 files. Nets: Fido 180, Southlink 107, Local-Net 185, Resistance 121 Justanet 510:5126/0 Saturn 10:9/1 Software: Searchlight 5.02, Frontdoor 2.20c.mL, Squish/386 1.11 Transx 1.5.p2 CDs: 6 Drives; Various CDROM's Notes: Caller Display is used on this site. Please make sure you display your number to our system to avoid disconnection during login. SLQWK Offline reader, Internet E-Mail Send & Receive. Internet Newsgroups Send & Receive. Windows NT/95 Support. Non-Donating users are able to Read News for Free. We also Import Justanet and Saturn Net into New Zealand via the Internet (Hourly) Direct from the USA. Users can Send/Recieve Faxes via the BBS, they also have the ability to force BBS to send/check email/news at their convience. TransX Mail Feeds Available. Voice: 021-380-569 Fax: 342-5440 PO Box: The Trashcan BBS P.O.Box 3153 Christchurch 8001. Email: nick@trashcan.gen.nz (home) nick@syntech.co.nz (work) Tested: 10-5-98 Valkyrie BBS (Adrian Stacey) 3856211 (28.8k V.34) [2 nodes, steps] Fees: Free - Limited Access. $ 15 - Unlimited Files. $ 20 - Unlimited Files, Internet e-mail OR Internet Newsgroups. $ 25 - Unlimited Files, Internet E-Mail AND Internet Newsgroups. Files: General Selection of over 14000 files. Nets: Fido 260, Local-Net 155, Resistance Net 116. Software: Searchlight 5.0n with RIP CDs: 6 Disc Changer CDROM Unit with the following currently online NightOwl 17, CICA for Windows, Chestnut Trio Overload 1, 2 and 3. Notes: Valence Offline reader, Internet e-mail send & receive. Door Games. Friendly people, good atmosphere. Points available for any of the above networks (FrontDoor APX for Windows recommended). User selectable Menu and Area options. A/H Ph: 025-365-997 Fax: 385-7125 Email: valkyrie@valkyrie.gen.nz Advert: The Sysops of this BBS are very much committed to providing a system FOR our users. Any special interest groups catered for. If you don't see it, ask for it, if it doesn't cost us a fortune or require more hardware, it's yours. Tested: 30-4-98 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================ I N F O R M A T I O N F O R T H E B E G I N N E R ============================================================ Welcome to the electronic world! Like everything, it will take time to learn the jargon of the industry, and even longer to know what you're doing. Be patient, it's well worth it! I'm going to have a go at explaining a few things here. The first thing you need is a computer with a modem. A modem comes in two forms, either External which is in it's own box, or Internal which is a card that plugs into a PC. An external modem is connected to the comptuer by a serial cable into one of the computers serial ports. Modems are not all the same, but are mostly compatable. Nearly everyone uses modems supporting International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications (ITU-T, formally CCITT) standards. This is the protocol of how a modem talks to your computer and how it talks to another modem. There are several standards in use for different modem speeds. Almost every modem supports the CCITT V.32bis 14400bps standard, so all modems will connect to each other at that speed if they are not compatable at a higher speed. There are two standards for 28800bps. The official ITU-T one, V.34, and the Rockwell one V.FC. Virtually noone is running V.FC modems any more. Next up is 33600bps, which is an improvement on the V.34 ITU-T standard called V.34+. Then we have the big grey area of 56700bps modems. These modems send data at 33600bps (with the V.34+ standard), but receive at up to 56Kbps. The reason behind that is that normally data goes to the Telecom network and passes through an analog to digital converter,through the exchange, and is then converted back from digital to analog when it goes to the other end. Large ISP's are connected by digital lines to Telecom, hence there is no analog to digital conversion in the line from them to you. Normally this conversion to digital at the exchange limits the speed the data can be put through. Because this conversion doesn't exist from the ISP to you the data can be sent at up to 56Kbps. There are presently 3 standards for 56k. USR has it's x2, Rockwell, Lucent Technology & Motorola has K56flex, and the ITU-T has V.90 (which is a combination of x2 and K56flex). Out of x2 and K56flex, USR's x2 is the better standard, you'll get a better connect speed and faster data throughput. K56flex itself was a combination of 2 standards, Rockwells K56Plus and Lucent Technologies V.flex2. Rockwell and Lucent K56flex modems are not compatable! Which standard do you buy? To be honest I don't know. Your choice at this stage is somewhat limited by what your ISP is using. Buy something that has flashRAM. That means you'll be able to upgrade your modem with software that you download to your computer. And what's for the future? Well modems are not going to get any faster. Yes that was said when 9600bps modems came out!, but I believe it's true now. Modems will be replaced with better technology when it becomes available and affordable. Currently two options are being used/trialled, with more possibly on the horizon. IHUG, ICONZ, and Netlink are all using radio for high speed connections. The IHUG one still involves using a modem, you send data with your modem via your telephone line and receive data at high speed by radio waves. Telecom is trialling a system called ASDL. This allows very high speeds using your standard telephone line, but involves them making changes at your local Telecom Exchange, and the distance you can be from your exchange is limited to something like 6km, and there are other problems with the system that still need resolving. Also note that our phone lines are only supplied to talk over, and the bandwidth required to do 28800bps is more than what is required to carry voice conversations. In most circumstances, there is spare bandwidth on your line, but if your modem won't go that fast, that could be why. That extra bandwidth is needed along all the lines from you to the other end. If it's not available, your modem will just step down in speed until it gets to a level that the phone line can handle. This is usually still over 20000bps. Okay, so now you've got your modem, plugged it all in as the manual instructs you, and you're wondering what to do next.... while facing a million different settings for the modem from it's manual. Don't worry about doing anything to the modem apart from turning it on. Hopefully you'll be able to get your software to do most of the work for you. To send and receive data from your modem, you need some communications software. Most modern Operating Systems (such as Windows) come with something basic supplied. If you haven't got any, try asking the shop you got the modem from. They may try to sell you some expensive package. There are many free (PD), or cheap shareware packages available for most computer systems. How you configure your modem is going to depend a lot on your operating system, the software you're using, and the modem you are using. A lot of programs thesedays have a list of modems that you can choose yours in. If it's not in there, well good luck! Just try using a few of the others listed until you find one that works. Once you've run your software, you'll probably have a menu named RS232, Modem, or Communications somewhere. This will have some settings that you'll only need to set once, if at all in them as all Christchurch BBSs use the same, and they are usually put into software as the defaults. (Don't forget to save any changes you make - it will have a "Save Settings" option there somewhere). These are... Baud - set this to the highest BPS your modem can do. Probably 57600bps at a minimum. Stop Bits - set to 1 Parity - set to none Flow - set this to RTS/CTS or Hardware Data Bits - set to 8 Mode - set to Full Terminal Emulation should be set to either ANSI, or if that's not available VT100 or higher. If it's not available don't panic, but do try and find another communications program as soon as possible! It makes life a lot easier and the screen looks nicer! Now you're ready to go! In your software, there will be a dialing directory to store your favourite BBS names and numbers. Enter some of the names and numbers from this list into it, and select to dial it. Your modem should dial the BBS you tell it to. Upon connection, on most BBSs, it will say Press ESCAPE twice. If it does, do it! Then it will want to know if you support ANSI. If you have ANSI or VT100 selected, you can tell it yes. Some BBSs automatically detect that you have it, but they don't know if you've got a colour screen or not, so they just ask you if you want colour or mono. Again, tell it what it wants to know. Next thing it will want to know if your user name. On some systems it will say type NEW if you're new, on others it won't. If it doesn't, just enter your first and last names. If it says enter your alias (or name), you can enter your nickname instead. If it does get you to type NEW, the next thing it will do is ask for your name. You'll then have to fill in a few details about yourself for the Operators records. Your phone number is always kept confidential, sometimes your computer system is made public, your name and location (i.e. City) almost always are. After filling in all the details, some BBSs will have what's called a "call back verifier", which will then disconnect you from the BBS and ring you back to make sure you gave a genuine phone number. If it does, all you have to do is wait for your phone to ring, then type ATA [RETURN] which tells your modem (AT)tention (A)nswer. You'll be then reconnected with the BBS. If a BBS doesn't have this verifier, you'll probably need to send a mail message to the SYStem OPerator, usually by going to mail and sending a message to SYSOP. This isn't necessary from the BBS software's point of view, it's just that most people running BBS's like you to ask for access, so they set it it up so that you don't get full access until you do ask them - it's just a bad (in my opinion) habit from past years that's still with us. The BBS should tell you how to ask for validation if it's required. Read the instructions on your screen and you can't go wrong. On most BBS's, until you're validated, you will have a very limited amount that you can actually see (and do) on the BBS. Once you are validated you will have much better access. So now that you know how to connect to a BBS, and you have an account there, you'll want to know what you can do there. Most likely like everyone else, you've got a distorted view of it all from the main media. A BBS consists of 3 main things, Email - which is private mail between users (warning: The Sysop can read your mail, and some probably do.), Public Messages - these will be in the message area, which will be divided up into different discussion areas named areas,subboards,echos, or newsgroups, and finally the Files section, where you can get from or send files to. The software you're using, is just showing the text you're receiving from the modem to your screen, sometimes obeying codes in the text that tell it to change colour or position on the screen. Whatever you type goes straight to the BBS and it acts on it. This is suitable for reading or writing both email and public messages. To transfer a file, you need another program to be run on your computer that's compatible with one at the BBS's end. This program is quite often built into your communications program, or comes with it. The main ones used are Kermit, XModem, Ymodem or Zmodem. If you have it (you should!), ZModem is the best one to use. You'll need to either make a setting on the BBS (if it has it) to ZModem for you, or tell it each time you want to transfer a file what to use. Most do it the former way in the form of a permanent setting for each user, which the user can change at any time. To transfer a file to the BBS, it's called Uploading, and transferring a file from the BBS to you is called Downloading. A lot of BBS's impose what is called a file ratio, which means you have to upload a certain amount for everything you download. Most BBS's will remove this limit if you subscribe. Most BBS's also give you a daily time limit. This is very small until you are validated, then ranges from 30mins to 1 hour on the BBS's in Christchurch usually. If you subscribe to a BBS, it's highly likely that your time limit will be increased, or removed altogether. Graphical BBS's =============== Something relatively new to BBS's is the use of a graphical interface. There are several systems in use. The main one is a system called RIP (Remote Imaging Protocol). This is a graphical interface for normal text based BBS's. Instead of pressing a key for the command from the list of options on the screen, you just click on it with a mouse. To use this system, the BBS must support it, and you have to use communications software at your end that does it too. There are other BBS systems that you need to have their terminal software at your end to access it. Usually you can obtain this software by calling with a normal terminal program and downloading their software by Zmodem etc. The advantage of making you use their software is that they use a system where you can transfer files in both directions, and do other things all at the same time. Normally you can only do one thing at a time on a BBS. Files ===== Most files you download from BBS's are in a compressed format. This is done mainly to save on storage space on the BBS, and in the past was done to speed up transferring files to you. The speed factor doesn't really matter any more because most modems of 14400bps or faster have V.42bis, which is a standard of error correction and data compression - i.e. your modem compresses the data before it sends it, and the modem at the other end de-compresses it. The most common forms of compression are ZIP,ARC,LZH(also called LHA), ARJ. To use these files after you download them, you need to decompress them first. You need the specific software for whatever type of archive it is to do this. If you don't have it, you should be able to download it from a BBS in an un-compressed state, or it might be in a self extracting archive which will uncompress when you run it. Conduct ======= You should conduct yourself on a BBS in the public messages areas, and in private mail just as you should in a normal public place. This means you should be pleasant and courteous to others using the system, don't go around making a nuisance of yourself and abusing others. Good Luck!, if you get stuck, give me a ring. ============================================================================== ============================================================================== I n t e r n e t S e c t i o n ============================================================================== ============================================================================== ======================================================= I N T E R N E T S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R S ======================================================= This section lists information for the home user on Internet Service Providers (ISP's). The prices available from different suppliers vary greatly, and so does what you get for your money. Consider the availability of access, speed of their system once you're online, helpdesk support, extra features, how you pay their bill, and price when choosing an ISP. Pricing etc shown in this section is for private customers only, for commercial prices and conditions please contact the ISP's. The entries in this section are either as i've entered them, or as the ISP has supplied them to me. If you are unfamiliar with some of the terms used in this ISP list, go and have a read of the 'The Internet Explained' section in this list. PLEASE NOTE: The sending of unsolicited commercial email, and posting commercials to any newsgroup other than nz.biz.* (and a few others that explicitly allow it) is a breach of the terms of service of most ISP's and will most definetly give your company a bad reputation in the internet community. ========================================= P u b l i c T e r m i n a l s ========================================= These places in Christchurch have computer terminals available to the public to access the internet E-Mail Centre (NZ) Ltd 150 Manchester Street Email remote@usa.net Ground Zero 219 High Street email ground.zero@xtra.co.nz Molten Media Trust 1st Floor, 148 Lichfield Street, Christchurch. Phone (03) 377 1154 Web Address: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~molten Contact Name: Brett Hayward (email bj.molten@usa.net) $5.00 per hour for E-Mail, surfing, Telnet, online games, etc 5 computers are available. Vadal Fone Shop Cathedral Sq. The Gamesman Manchester St. ===================================================== T h i n k i n g o f c h a n g i n g I S P s ? ===================================================== As well as reading through this section, you might like to have a look at each ISPs WWW pages. The easiest way to do this is to go to the Canterbury Online web site, there is a page of links to all the ISPs there. http://www.southern.co.nz/co/ ========================================= F u l l a c c e s s p r o v i d e r s ========================================= Listed here are details for... Cave Rock The Internet Company of NZ Voyager Clear Net The Internet Group Xtra Compuserve Cyberxpress Southern Internet Services IBM Internet Connection ******************************************************************** Cave Rock Data (56k x2) Fees Standard account: $25/month $0.75/Meg int'l traffic (8pm-9am) $1.75/Meg int'l traffic (9am-8pm) $0.25/Meg national traffic at all times. Night-owl account: $25/month 1 hour a day free, then $3.00/hour after that. $1.75/Meg int'l traffic (9am-8pm) Free int'l traffic (8pm-9am) National traffic free at all times. Home account: $10/month 1 hour a day free, then $3.00/hour after that. $0.75/Meg int'l traffic (8pm-9am) $1.75/Meg int'l traffic (9am-8pm) $0.25/Meg national traffic at all times. ------------------------------------- The standard account is expected to be of interest to the average user. The night-owl account is intended for people who use the internet heavily during off-peak hours. The home account is an attractive option for those who are just interested in seeing what it's all about, or want a cheap base account for mail use or web page hosting. In particular it may be of interest to university students who cannot host web pages on their accounts there. * World Wide Web home pages are available Standard Account 10Mb of traffic free. National Traffic $0.25/Meg, International $0.75/Meg * Shell access is not available for the Night Owl charging option. * The first two months Access Fee is payable in advance, and is non-refundable. * Extra email accounts are available for $1.50 each per month. Payment Methods Accounts SLIP, PPP and shell Voice 366-4242 Fax 366-5478 Address/Box Cave Rock Software, P.O. Box 22-488, Christchurch Email info@caverock.co.nz WWW http://www.caverock.co.nz/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** Clear Net Data ChCh 961 6050, 0800 550 050 (33.6k) ChCh 963 5656 (K56Flex) Fees The CLEAR Net price structure has been designed to be easy for you to use. All prices include GST. There is a one time only connection charge and then you are only billed for the time that you spend online. Connection Fee $34.95 once only charge CLEAR Net provides up to five free User IDs per account. Each additional block of five User IDs costs just $10 per month. Prices are dependant on the area you are calling from, the time of day you use CLEAR Net, and the duration of your connection. Monday to Friday Metro0800 7am - 4pm $2.95$5.95 4pm - Midnight $2.50$5.95 Midnight - 7am $2.25$5.95 Saturday and Sunday Metro0800 7am - Midnight $2.50$5.95 Midnight - 7am $2.25$5.95 * Price per hour. Charged to nearest second. Key features of pricing structure * We have local calling numbers in 15 cities and towns. * We round to the second. After the first minute of usage you will be billed to the nearest second. Charged on your Clear bill, or can be billed Payment Methods seperatly. Direct Debit, Post Shops, Cheque, Telebank. Accounts PPP New Accounts 0800 888 800 (Clear's normal Voice operators) Helpdesk 0800 777-765 Fax 0800 777-432 Address/Box Email help@clear.net.nz WWW http://www.clear.net.nz/ FTP ftp.clear.net.nz DNS Primary 203.97.33.1, Secondary 203.97.37.1 SMTP Mail Server smtp.clear.net.nz POP3 Mail Server pop.clear.net.nz News Server news.clear.net.nz HTTP Proxy httpproxy.clear.net.nz, port 8080 FTP Proxy ftpproxy.clear.net.nz, port 8080 Notes Pricing for dedicated access to CLEAR Net for business customers is available upon application and is dependant upon your requirements. Please contact CLEAR Business Customer Service on 0800 555 500 for further information. ******************************************************************** Compuserve Data 338 9387 (28.8k V.34) Fees Payment Methods Accounts PPP Voice Sales: 0800 442-374 Support: 0800 446-113 M-F 9am - 9pm Sat 10am - 3pm Fax Address/Box CompuServe Pacific Fujitsu Australia Ltd. 475 Victoria Avenue Chatswood, NSW 2067 Australia Email WWW http://world.compuserve.com/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** Cyberxpress Data (V.34+ 33.6k, 56k x2) Fees GST EXCLUSIVE IQ Personal Account $30.00 connection fee $10.00 for a manual $15 per month $1.00/hr for the first 15 hours/month $2.50/hr for each additional hour Account balances must stay in credit Electronic invoicing will be provided Each additional mailbox is $3.00/month VT Private account $30.00 connection fee $10.00 for a manual $8.00 monthly fee Volume charges, peak times 7am-11pm $2.40/meg international, $1.20/meg national Volume charges, off-peak times 11pm-7am $1.20/meg international, $0.64/meg national Time charges $0.005/minute Each additional mailbox is $3.00/month x2 account This allows access to connect at 56k using US Robotics x2 standard $30.00 connection fee $20.00 per month $1.00 per hour for the first 15 hours $2.50 for each additional hour Payment Methods Accounts Voice 364-5888 0800 4CYBER Fax 364-5828 Address/Box 10th Floor, Clear Centre, 155 Worcester St PO Box 7578, Christchurch Email enquiries@cyberxpress.co.nz WWW http://www.cyberxpress.co.nz/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** IBM Internet Connection Data 3728954 (28.8k) Registration 0800 10-5765 Fees One-time Registration Charge (waived until 01-01-1998) 70.00 per subscription. This charge is not proratable. New Zealand Classic (Default registration) Monthly Subscription Charge $11.99 This charge applies in whole for any month or part thereof. Local Dial Access $2.50 per hour, for hours in excess of 5 per month. You can change to one of the following plans from the IBM Internet Connection support pages on the World Wide Web. Changes take effect in the next billing period. New Zealand Convenience Monthly Subscription Charge $45.00 This charge applies in whole for any month or part thereof. Local Dial Access $2.25 per hour, for hours in excess of 20 per month. New Zealand Mega Monthly Subscription Charge $90.00 This charge applies in whole for any month or part thereof. Local Dial Access $1.50 per hour, for hours in excess of 50 per month. Payment Methods Credit Card Accounts PPP/SLIP 0800 733-222 Voice account/admin support 08:00-17:30, 24hr/7day support for the network Fax 09 358-8632 Address/Box Steve Withers, IBM New Zealand, PO Box 38-993, Wellington Email bowden@vnet.ibm.com WWW http://www.ibm.net/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes Allows you to check your current and past charges/usage. Allows you to re-driect mail to another e-mail address. Allows you to create an email alias of up to 32 characters - with an IBM.NET domain name. Software updates to the IBM's Internet Connection for Windows v4.0 and OS/2 Warp Internet Access Kit are available online. They down and install themselves - easy for new users. Local access points in over 500 cities world-wide. You use your ID and password and pay the same New Zelaand rate - no matter which country you access the service from. Online registration is possible with the IBM software for Windows and OS/2, or NetManage Chameleon for Windows (v4.3 or later) plus several others. ******************************************************************** The Internet Company of New Zealand Ltd Data 338-3008 (K56Flex) Fees GST Exclusive BUDGET CRUISER FREEDOM Setup $50 $100 $100 Monthly $10 $30 $55 Free Mb/Mth 1Mb 6Mb Free Free Time/Mth 5Hours 15Hours 50Hours $/Hour (Peak) $2.40 $1.20 $2.40 $/Hour (Early Bird)Free Free Free $/Mb (Peak) $1.99 $1.99 Free $/Mb (Early Bird) $0.99 $0.50 Free Note - National and local data (except email) is free!! Peak time is from 7am until 12am Early bird is from 12am until 7am Advertised prices for data and time apply after any free allocations have been exhausted. Free data and free time are calculated and operate independently of one another. Unused Free allocations are lost each month. National and local data (except e-mail) is free except where service is defined by ICONZ as a "Virtual Private Network". "Free" (in respect to the Freedom Account) should be read in conjunction with the terms and conditions of this account. Additional Email accounts are $10 setup fee, then $5/month. Payment Methods Accounts PPP, UUCP, Shell Voice 0800 THE NET (0800 843-638), 09 358-1186 Fax 09 300 3122 Address/Box P.O. Box 6721, Auckland Email help@iconz.co.nz WWW http://www.iconz.co.nz/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** The Internet Group Data 338-2488, 364-5360, 374-9820, 374-9465. Fees GST Exclusive All dial-in accounts incur a one off setup fee of $69.00. The setup fee and the first months rental is required in advance. BRONZE ACCOUNT $10.00 per month. 10 Hours FREE per month. Additional Charges are $2.00 per Hour no free space for homepages GOLD ACCOUNT $20.00 per month. 20 Hours FREE per month. Additional Charges are $2.00 per Hour no free space for homepages SAPPHIRE ACCOUNT $30.00 per month. 30 hours FREE per month then $0. 99 per hour 2.5Mb free for homepages DIAMOND ACCOUNT $40.00 per month No Additional Time or Data Charges 5Mb free for homepages There is a "3 hours in a row online" limit at Peak Usage Period. Payment Methods Accounts Voice 0800-22-22-25, 366 9926 Fax 366 3226 Address/Box CNR Hereford St & 160 Manchester St, Christchurch. PO BOX 2785, Christchurch. Email help@ihug.co.nz WWW http://www.ihug.co.nz/ FTP ftp.ihug.co.nz DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** NetAccess Data 3433096 Fees One time setup fee $50 FLAT RATE $43 Per mth ($440p.a.) for 100 hours per month, hours over 100 are charged at $1.13/hr TIME CHARGE 8am-6pm $1.69/hr, 6pm-12am $2.81/hr, 12am-8am $1.13/hr Session times may be limited during peak times The setup fee and first month's access charges must be paid in advance. A 10% discount is available if 12 months' access fees are paid in advance. 3 email addresses per account are allowed Voice General Information 03-348-8747 Technical Information 03-343-2087 Fax Address/Box Email General Information: info@netaccess.co.nz Technical Information support@netaccess.co.nz WWW http://www.netaccess.co.nz/ FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes Free WWW page for non-commercial Users ( 1MB ) E-Mail forwarding on accounts WWW design and hosting FTP site free for users Kali Games Server (NEW) Quake Server Free Demonstration evenings Online Traffic and Charging Statistics for volume & time users Proxy Server ******************************************************************** Southern Internet Services Ltd. Data 3655408 (28k8 V.34/V.FC) Fees Southern Internet has two pricing schemes from which customers can choose that which best suits their Internet usage pattern. OPTION ONE - TIME CHARGING 1. Connection Fee $49.95 2. Monthly Charges $15.00 for 5 free hours, thereafter $2.50 per hour Hours between midnight and 8 am are $1.95 per hour. OR: $55.00 for 50 free hours, thereafter $2.50 per hour Hours between midnight and 8 am are $1.95 per hour. The monthly subscription must be paid in advance either monthly via direct debit/credit bank authority, or upfront on a three, six or twelve monthly basis. These accounts are not to be used for high bandwidth video and/or audio applications - each account has a traffic limit of 100Mb per month, and thereafter normal traffic rates will apply. OPTION TWO - VOLUME CHARGING 1. Connection Fee $49.95 2. Monthly Subscription 15 hours online time $15.00 30 hours online time $25.00 60 hours online time $45.00 90 hours online time $60.00 Online time between midnight and 8 am is free A customer's monthly subscription is calculated automatically according to the number of online hours used each month. Online time in excess of 90 hours per month is charged at $1.07 per hour (or part thereof) 3. Traffic Charges PEAK RATE (9 am to 8 pm) National (Mb) $2.00 International (Mb) $4.50 OFF-PEAK RATE (8 pm to 9 am) National (Mb) $1.50 International (Mb) $3.00 Cache Hits receive a 90% discount on traffic rates, and Cache Misses are charged at a 10% discount. Local traffic (ie. traffic between sites that are local to our network, ie. all Southern Internet users and the Waikato and Canterbury Universities) is free of charge. Off-Peak rates do not apply to email All users who maintain their account in sufficient credit to cover their monthly invoice will receive a 10% discount on traffic charges. NOTE: A transfer fee will be payable by customers who subsequently wish to change account types. INSTALLATION AND TRAINING Software installation in your home $45.00 Basic Internet training $50.00 per hour Home installation and basic training (1 hour) $84.00 WWW HOME PAGE Free storage of World Wide Web Home Pages (up to 100 Kb) is offered to all individual users. Home Pages over 100 Kb will be charged at $20 per Mb per month (minimum $20 per month), but will incur no traffic charges for hits to the site. CREDIT TERMS Our credit policy is that payment by the 20th of the month following invoice is required. Failure to pay within 7 days of receipt of a second invoice will result in your account being suspended. Payment Methods Cheque, Visa, Master Card, Telebank or Direct Credit Shell, UUCP and PPP accounts are all included in the Accounts one customer account. Leased line and ISDN access is also available. Voice 365-7059 for all enquiries and helpdesk support Fax 365-7060 Address/Box P.O.Box 22-651, Christchurch Email help@southern.co.nz WWW http://www.southern.co.nz FTP ftp.southern.co.nz DNS 202.37.188.2 SMTP Mail Server mail.southern.co.nz POP3 Mail Server mail.southern.co.nz News Server news.southern.co.nz HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes Being the first ISP in the South Island, and having been operating for six years, Southern Internet is a professional organisation that offers excellent service and support to its customers. Unlike other ISP's clients, our customers find that they rarely obtain a busy signal when trying to connect to us, and we do not disconnect customers during busy periods. We feature a responsive phone and email helpdesk operated by qualified staff. We may not be offering the cheapest deal around but we do offer the best service in the business, and hence, the best value for money. Southern Internet supports many types of computers, including PCs, Macs, Amiga, Acorn and PC networks. For the commercial customer a wide range of services are available, including Training Courses, WWW Development and Storage, Domain Name Registration, Firewalling, Intranets, Internet/LAN Connectivity, Facilities Management/Telehousing, and Router Software. ******************************************************************** Voyager Data Local number, or nationwide 08730 8692 (V.34 28.8) Fees REGISTRATION FEE $30.00 This includes five free hours usage NODE CENTRE (LOCAL CALL) ACCESS - CASUAL RATES $3.34 per hour NODE CENTRE (LOCAL CALL) ACCESS - FREQUENT USER RATES Pre-pay $56.25 for 30 hours of access in a month with additional hours charged at $2.80 NON-NODE CENTRES (08730) ACCESS - CASUAL RATES $3.36 (incl. GST) per hour NON-NODE CENTRES (08730) ACCESS - FREQUENT USER RATES Pre-pay $56.25 for 30 hours of access in a month with additional hours charged at $2.80 You start on the Frequent User Plan on the first day of the month following your application and you must give one month's notice to terminate your membership. Payment Methods Credit Card, Farmers Card Accounts SLIP/PPP with their software. Customer Service: 09 443 9447 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday Voice to Friday 24 hr Technical Support: Auckland (09) 443-9440, Christchurch 339-8168 Fax 09 444-6430 Address/Box Level 5, 205 Wairau Rd, Takapuna, Auckland. PO Box 101-371, NSMC, Auckland Email support@voyager.co.nz WWW http://www.voyager.co.nz FTP DNS SMTP Mail Server POP3 Mail Server News Server HTTP Proxy FTP Proxy Notes ******************************************************************** Xtra Data 087 30 30 30 (V.34+ 33.6k) Fees Pricing for dial-up access to XTRA is based on connection time. Connection Fee $39.95 Hourly rate (nationwide) $2.50 Please note: Part hours of connection time will be charged per minute There is no minimum monthly charge Advance20 For a $35 payment in advance you receive 20 hours. Time used over the 20 hours is charged at the normal hourly rate. Payment Charged on your Telecom phone account Methods Direct Credit, Telebank, Cheque, Post Shop Accounts PPP Voice 0800 Call-Xtra (0800 225598) 7am-11pm 7days Fax Address/Box Email WWW http://www.xtra.co.nz FTP DNS Primary 202.27.184.3, Secondary 202.27.184.5 SMTP Mail Server smtp.xtra.co.nz POP3 Mail Server pop3.xtra.co.nz News Server news.xtra.co.nz HTTP Proxy proxy.xtra.co.nz PORT 8080 FTP Proxy proxy.xtra.co.nz PORT 8080 Notes ===================================== E m a i l a n d N e w s o n l y ===================================== Email and news is available from these BBS's in Christchurch. Check the Main BBS List above for their numbers etc. It is somewhat cheaper to use these for email, but it is slower, and you may be restricted as to how big the messages are you send / receive. The Last Byte - Email Pointless Networks - Email and News Mactropolis - Email and News Online Support - Email Southern Lights - Email and News Just Another BBS - Email Valkyrie BBS - Email and News The Underground - Email and News Tony's - News Empire - Email and News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =============================================== T H E I N T E R N E T E X P L A I N E D =============================================== What is it? ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Internet is a network of computer networks. Most of these computers are linked up 24hours a day 365 days a year onto the network, making them available to be accessed by any other computer on the network. They are linked up by communications cables (including fibre cables under the ocean) and satellites. Under most circumstances a certain amount of bandwidth (the amount of data that can be put through the link within a time frame) is purchased off a supplier, the supplier decides which transport mechanism is used to get the data there. All of NZ used to be connected through to Waikato University who had a link to Hawaii, but with the massive growth in popularity in the Internet within the last few years now there are several other international links. How do I use it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first thing to discuss is the different methods of getting connected to the internet. You're either going to be using a modem to dialup an ISP (Internet Service Provider) on your telephone line, or have a leased line to an ISP. Most home users will be using the former method. To connect to an ISP you need some software on your computer to tell your modem to dial the phone number of your ISP and transfer the data to and from your ISP. What software you use depends on what type of access you are using. You can use... PPP/SLIP Point to Point Protocol or Serial Line Internet Protocol. Both of these do a very similar job, PPP being the newer and better method. From the users point of view they do the same thing. Both put your computer live on the internet while you remain connected to your ISP over your Telephone Line. You run one program that does the PPP/SLIP thing, and then run other programs to access various things over the internet which do it by talking to the PPP program. The networking software that does the PPP thing for you will either come with your operating system (Windows 95 does), or will be supplied by your ISP. Your ISP should provide you with software and instructions on how to install the software needed to connect to them. If you run into any difficulties ring the ISP's help desk, that's what it's there for. UUCP Unix to Unix Copy. This allows the offline use of Email and usenet news only. Your computer calls up the ISP, sends out any mail or news that your are sending to anyone, and receives new email and news for you, then it hangs up. You can then read and reply to your mail and usenet news offline, your replies will be send next time you call. This used to be used extensively but with the growth of services that require you to be connected to use them, such as the WWW, it is hardly used nowdays. Only a handful of the ISP's provide UUCP. SHELL Account - This is access to a unix shell. This is great for someone with a slow modem or slow computer, but not necessarily confined to being used by just that group. All you need to use a Shell account is a communications program on your computer - the sort of thing that you use to call a BBS etc. Don't know what a unix shell is? It's something similar to DOS. Once connected and you've entered your username and password you'll be presented with a > prompt or something similar waiting for you to type in a command. The commands you type are the names of the programs on your ISP to access news, email, ftp, www, etc. Access is all text based, there are no pretty pictures, but it is quite easy and quick to use. Once you type the name of a program at that prompt, the program is usually menu based with you pressing numbers,letters or using the cursor keys to do different things. Now a breif Explanation of how it all works. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) The internet is a giant network of connected computers running a protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Intetnet Protocol) to talk to each other. Each machine is referenced by a series of numbers seperated by .'s called an IP address. DNS (Domain Name Server) But luckly for us, someone invented the Domain Name system where each number can have a name associated with it. To find out a computer's number from it's Domain Name you need to look it up on a Domain Name Server (DNS). Your software will do this for you without you seeing it if you try to access somewhere by typing in it's name rather than it's number. When you first set up your PPP or SLIP software you had to tell it the IP address of the Domain Name server you will be using. Usually your ISP will be running a DNS and will provide you with it's address. An IP Address for your computer. Your own computer will have an IP address while you are conntected to the internet. You need to have an IP address so the site you are requesting information from knows where to return it to. This is assigned to you by your ISP. It will either be a fixed address given to you to enter into your PPP software, or in most cases, it will be dynamically allocated to you each time you log in - i.e. your ISP will assign you one of the numbers it has available for it's dialup lines when you log in - it automatically gives the number to your PPP software, you don't need to enter it (if necessary, enter 0.0.0.0 into your PPP software when using an ISP that dynamically allocates IP addresses). This means that your ISP only needs enough numbers for the lines it has, rather than one number for every user. Once your PPP software knows your address it will take care of everything for you. Email Addressing You will also be assigned an email address by your ISP. This will usually be your-name@your.isp.co.nz where you choose your name. It doesn't have to be @your.isp though, you can get yourself one of those domain names. If you do you should make it as short as possible and try to make it something that people will be able to guess if they forget it. Abreviate it only if your name is also known in it's abreviated state. A domain name is not free. It costs $20 to set up, a $15 invoice processing fee, and $50 per year maintainence, plus whatever your ISP charges to set it up at their end to host it for you. Domain Names can be obtained from The Internet Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ) or you can get your ISP to apply on your behalf. Any email sent to you will be held on you ISP's computer until next time you run a mail program that will get it from there. Services available on the Internet are... Email - this is sent directly from the provider you use to the provider the person you are sending it to uses. If both providers are live on the Internet, it will probably arrive in their mailbox within a few minutes. Usenet News - this is a public messaging system divided into different areas for different subjects called newsgroups. There's an area there for just about every interest / hobby there is. People post messages to these newsgroups and others all around the world can read them. The system works by each Internet provider passing on all the messages to each other. FTP - FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and as it's name suggests, it's for transferring files. This is most commonly used to get files from big public archives. Archie - Archie search's for files in FTP sites for you and tells you which ones have them if any. WWW - WWW stands for World Wide Web. Probably one of the most talked about parts of the Internet, it is a nice graphical interface to allow you to look up and search for information. You go from 'page' to page by clicking on highlighted words, or on pictures on your screen with a mouse. The words and pictures on the pages can take you off to another page on a different machine in some other part of the world when you click on them. Gopher - Probably where the WWW all started from. This is a basic text interface where you just keep selecting areas to go to. E.g. it might have the word libraries, and if you select that then a list of all libraries available, then you could select a library to go to. Gopher has basically died now, it's been replaced completly by the WWW. If you do have a Gopher client, it can be quite amusing accessing sites in it's index (if it has one). Most are now down but the ones that are going contain data from around 1993/4. It allows you to look back in time to see what things used to be like! Telnet - Telnet allows you to log into any machine on the internet as if you were calling it directly with your modem. So if you have an account on a machine on the other side of the world, this is probably the cheapest way of logging in to it! What you are loggin in to is a unix shell on the other machine, the same as the shell account mentioned at the start of this document. IRC - Internet Relay Chat. A chatting system on the internet where you'll find people from all corners of the world. It is divided into different areas for chatting on different subjects called channels. It works by the user running an IRC client which connects to an IRC server. You can privately message one person, or chat to a whole group in a channel. There are a lot of networks on IRC, Effnet and Undernet being the biggest with the most users. There tend to be more NZers on Undernet than Effnet (because there are two undernet servers in New Zealand). You chose the network you want by choosing what server you connect to. Proxies- A proxy is just like the cache in your WWW browser, except it's on someone elses machine - usually your ISP. If you configure your browser (etc) for a proxy, whenever you request a file/page/whatever the request will go to the proxy instead of to the site you're requesting it from. If the proxy has a copy of it, it will send it to you. If it doesn't, it'll go get it from the site, take a copy of it, and pass it on to you so that next time someone requests it it'll just send the copy it stored. This results in the file getting to you quicker if it has a copy, and leaves those already jammed up data lines clear for other stuff. SUGGESTED SOFTWARE Most ISPs provide you with software. You don't have to stick with what they give you, and in most cases would be far better off not to! CLEAR Net and Xtra's method of providing you with MS Internet Explorer and Netscape Navagator for browsing, email, and news are two good examples. These programs are great for WWW browsing, but there are many very good programs dedicated to Email or News that do a much better job and are easier to use. These are my favourites, your taste may vary. The best place to get these is the NZ mirror of TUCOWS at (http://tucows.ix.net.nz) which has versions for Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and the MAC. Also for Win95/98 look at WinFiles.Com (http://www.winfiles.com) PPP Trumpet Winsock (for win 3.1x) Email Pegasus Mail Eudora Usenet News Free Agent NewsXpress Anawave Gravity IRC mIRC vIRC WWW Browser Netscape Navagator or Communicator Microsoft Internet Explorer if you want a WWW browser that isn't so bloated in size, Opera FTP Absolute FTP FTP Explorer Cute FTP WS FTP Telnet Look in your Windows dir!! CRT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***** END OF CANTERBURY ONLINE. COPYRIGHT CRAIG SHORE 1998 *****