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WHAT IS CENTRAL OHIO INTERNET LINK?
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	Central Ohio Internet Link is a commercial public access Unix 
and Internet service, the first (and currently only) such service to
be offered in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area.  COIL offers its
customers a range of data communications and computing services, from
low cost Internet electronic mailboxes to fully interactive Internet
access including telnet, ftp, irc, and USENET news.

	For users desiring interactive access to a UNIX system on the 
Internet, we offer telnet (and several telnet clients, including the 
ever-popular TinyFugue), ftp (Internet file transfer), and worldwide 
Internet Relay Chat.  Interactive users also have their choice of Unix 
shell, including sh, csh, tcsh, bash, ksh, zsh, rc, and es.  For
those who want nothing to do with Unix, we offer an easy to use
menu system.

COIL HARDWARE
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	COIL currently resides on a Sun SPARCstation 2 running SunOS
4.1.2.  We are starting with ten dial-in lines, six at 2400 baud and
four at 14.4 kilobaud.  We will be adding new lines and modems on a
regular basis.  Our connection to the Internet is through a 56k 
digital line to UUnet, managed by MorningStar's revolutionary 
SnapLink router.

WHAT KIND OF SERVICES CAN I EXPECT IN THE FUTURE?
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	The Central Ohio Internet Link staff is dedicated to bringing
you the highest quality service at the lowest possible price.  We 
will continue to expand and upgrade our services, including greater 
bandwidth, more software, regular upgrades of existing software,
more dial-in lines, and hardware upgrades.  Eventually we hope to 
purchase a  second SPARC 2 or a SPARC 10, and upgrade our current 
56k digital line to a T1.    

	We also hope to offer SLIP or PPP services, UUCP feeds, and
other networking services in the Columbus area.  If there's something
you want that we don't have, we will do our best to make it available
to you.

COIL INTERACTIVE INTERNET AND UNIX SERVICES
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Subscription rate:  $20.00 per month
Start up fee:       $10.00 (once only)
(Ohio residents will be billed for 5.75% sales tax)

	COIL's full access Unix and Internet account offers users access
to USENET news and Internet mail, plus a Unix shell of their choice 
(sh, csh, tcsh, bash, ksh, zsh, rc, or es) or a simple menu system, 
and interactive access to the Internet through telnet, ftp, and 
other programs.  Each user is given a 1 MB soft/2 MB hard storage
quota ("soft" quotas can be exceeded temporarily, "hard" quotas 
cannot).

INTERNET ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICE
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Subscription rate:  $5.00 per month 
Start up fee:       $5.00 (once only) 
(Ohio residents will be billed for 5.75% sales tax)

	For users who just want a mailbox on the Internet, this service 
provides an electronic mail account using the PINE mail program.  Users 
may keep mail in folders in their home directories, but they are limited 
to 250 KB soft/500 KB hard quotas ("soft" quotas can be exceeded 
temporarily, hard quotas cannot).  Users can send mail to any email 
address on the Internet, including CompuServe and America On-Line
addresses.  There is no per message fee, but mass distributions of "junk" 
mail are not permitted.

HOW CAN I REACH COIL?
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	Since we are on the internet, you can connect to us from remote 
by telnet-ing to bronze.coil.com.  Our dial in lines are (614)538-8294 for
2400 baud and (614)538-8290 for 14.4 kbps.  You can also contact us by
sending email to info@bronze.coil.com, or calling voice at (614)291-0812.

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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	To subscribe to one of COIL's services, please obtain
a copy of the COIL user registration form (send mail to 
info@bronze.coil.com, finger that account, or log in on COIL
as guest to obtain a copy), complete it, and mail it along with 
a check or money order for your startup fee plus the first month's 
usage rate, made payable to Central Ohio Internet Link, to:

	COIL Registration
	2280 W. Henderson Road, Suite 200
	Columbus, OH  43220-2373

	Please do not send cash in the mail!

	If you would like us to send you a copy of our user
registration form in the mail, send your name, address, and zip 
code to steve@bronze.coil.com.  If you have any questions about 
our services, please call us at (614)291-0812, send mail to 
info@bronze.coil.com, or simply reply to this message.
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					 steve@bronze.coil.com
steveconleyprodukt 1993                  sconley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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