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'Nothing But Net'

A Newsletter for CalNet Members and the Rest of Netdom:
Mar.10/96 Vol.2 No.3 
CalNet, The Calgary Internet Users Group

"Off the webbrowser, through the modem, 
down the phoneline, Nothing But Net"
 
        CalNet Presents Family Night at our Mar. meeting which 
is upcoming on Thursday March 21. This meeting will be at the 
Alberta Vocational College Main Auditorium at 7:00 PM. 
Our guest speaker this month is David Schellenberg.
He will talking about Family related Internet Resources.
You may recall hearing him as a regular guest on CBC Calgary's 
Eyeopener Morning Radio Show.  Admission is free for members, 
$5 for nonmembers. CalNet memberships will be available at the 
door for $25/year. As always nonmembers are very welcome.
	
	We are pleased to announce the return in May of the
Beginner's Guide To The Iway sponsored by AGT LTD (www.agt.net). 
This is our premirie show for those new to Internet, not yet 
online, or just interested in the subject.The date is May 16, 
and tickets are now available at CalNet meetings for $5, 
as usual admission is free for members. 

	Microsoft will be releasing version 3 of it's 
Internet Explorer on March 12 to public beta with exciting 
new features such as OLE, VB script, frames, and OCX controls.
The Internet Explorer has been gaining support with many ISP's
due to the fact that they can give it away for free, legally.
Personally I like it because it loads quicker than Netscape, and
seems to consume less system resources.

	Have you noticed all those Blue Ribbons on a lot of websites?
Well they been placed there in support of Free Speech on the Internet.
The recently passed Telecommunications bill in the U.S. includes the
Communication Decency Act that seeks to restrict free speech on the
Internet. Many of us feel that one of the major powers of the Internet
concept is that it serves as the last real bastion of Free Speech in 
the world, and thus must be protected. So wear the Blue Ribbon on your 
webpage and show support for Free Speech in Cyberville. 

	It was announced this week that major US telephone companies 
through the ACTA are going after makers of Net Phones. They are asking
the FCC to "Exercise jurisdiction over the use of the Internet for
unregulated interstate and international telecommunications services."
That should kill off any of these services real quick. The ACTA
general counsel is quoted as saying "You've got these Internet guru's
using these products who are actually more like hackers". That seem's
a little off base to me. I don't feel like a hacker when I use Internet
Phone for 1 minute, and then get cutoff because I was too cheap to pay
the registration fee. Anyone who has used these products knows they are
not going to replace long distance any time soon. The ACTA general 
counsel went on to say "If this thing explodes it could dislocate 
the entire existing telephone infrastructure." Well at least we agree 
on something - KaBoom.

	Our Web Site of the Month for March features five sites
from Calgary Junior and Senior High schools.
To try the sites and vote point your Webbrowser at:
http://daffy.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/calnet/iwayvote.html
Last month's winner was the The Offical X-Files web Site at:
http://www.thex-files.com/.

	The Business Site Of The Month is BizWeb.
The site is located at http://www.bizweb.com/
A wide ranging collection of over 2700 business sites.  
Computer links, publishers, bookstores, music, jewelery and much more.

	The Wacko Site Of The Month is the Department of 
Interplanetary  Affairs at http://www.maui.net/~daryl/enmar.html.
Hey if it wasn't all true, would it appear on the Web? I don't 
think so.

        Trivia Question of the Month:
A toughie this month: What are the 3 M's in 3M, and for 
bonus points what are the 3 COM's in 3COM.
First respondee with the correct answer will get mentioned 
next month. Last month's question was:
Who coined the phrase "Information Super Highway."
And the answer was: Vice-President Al Gore.
The first correct answer last month was from Dan Swan.
        
        The CalNet On The Iway WebSite is available online at:
http://daffy.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/calnet/iwaymain.html
The site features information on the upcoming CalNet Meeting, 
the CalNet Helps features, The Web Of The Month, and lots of 
other stuff. 
 
        And don't forget about our CalNet Interactive Home Page at:
http://www.worldweb.com/Calgary/CalNet featuring a cornucopia of 
links on a plethora of subjects.

Watch for us in April.

Dave Reid
President CalNet, The Calgary Internet Users Group
email: reidd@cadvision.com

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"Off the webbrowser, through the modem, 
down the phoneline, Nothing But Net"

Entire Contents Copyright 1996 D.Reid