From LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU Mon Dec 9 08:35:04 1991 Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1991 08:31:09 -0500 From: Revised List Processor (1.7b) Subject: File: "GLASNET INFO" being sent to you To: dab@moxie.Oswego.EDU Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1991 21:05:00 -0500 From: John B Harlan Subject: GlasNet Facility Sender: Russia and her neighbors list Reply-to: Russia and her neighbors list Message-id: <01G9JDXXA70W002OL7@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 91 21:23:44 EDT From: Sam Lanfranco Subject: GLASNet Facility Message-id: <01G9JCU3UYZ4002VOF@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> I am posting information on the GLASNET facility being developed inside the Soviet Union in collaboration with the IGC and APC who are responsible for athe San Francisco-Moscow Teleport. ---------------- ORIGINAL SOURCE ----------------------------------------- From: dcaulkins@IGC.ORG Subject: GlasNet Here is a description of GlasNet: ------------------------------------------------------- "GlasNet" - A new Soviet Computer Network for Information Interchange. A new computer network called "GlasNet" has been installed in Moscow by The International Foundation (Moscow, Washington, Munich, Sofia) and The Institute for Global Communications (San Francisco). GlasNet is the first non-profit, non-governmental telecommunications network to be established in the Soviet Union. The purpose of GlasNet is to offer easy and inexpensive information exchange between diverse groups within the USSR, including scientists, educators, cultural groups, journalists, environmentalists, computer enthusiasts, and so forth. It will also enable these Soviet groups to correspond electronically with their counterparts in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. GlasNet is intended to serve the communication needs of pro bono groups in the USSR who could not otherwise afford modern communication services. Charges to non-commercial GlasNet users in the USSR will be entirely in roubles, and kept as low as possible while maintaining good system services. GlasNet will be part of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a global network-of-networks with host computers in Australia (Pegasus), Brazil (AlterNex), Canada (Web), Great Britain (GreenNet), Nicaragua (Nicarao), Sweden (FredsNaetet), and the USA (PeaceNet,EcoNet). The first GlasNet host computer is a 386 computer running UNIX; it uses the standard APC electronic mail, conferencing, and networking software. The user interface of this software is identical to that which has been used by Sovam Teleport for the last two years. The initial GlasNet hardware configuration will support 5,000 user accounts; of these 7 to 30 can be on line simultaneously, depending on the number of available telephone lines. GlasNet was installed in Moscow in March of 1991 and has been operating officially since May 30, 1991. GlasNet is negotiating with organizations in Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, Leningrad, and Zelenograd to set up GlasNet associate host computer systems in these cities. Collaboration among scientists, business people, and other specialists in the USA has been facilitated in recent years through the use of computer-based electronic mail and conferencing capabilities, allowing people in different parts of the country to work on joint projects, access data banks and information in computers all across the country, and electronically publish new work. These powerful capabilties are now becoming available to the general public, the non-profit community in particular, through such services as PeaceNet and EcoNet. It is the goal of GlasNet to provide similar performance-enhancing services to the fast-emerging independent sector in the USSR, offering Soviet users easy access to friends, colleagues, and potential associates in the USSR and abroad. The initial services available to GlasNet users will include: Electronic Mail GlasNet subscribers will be able to exchange messages with users on GlasNet, other users within APC, or with users belonging to many other networks through APC "gateways." Networks accessible through APC gateways include: Applelink, AT&T Mail, AT&T LandMail, Bitnet, BIX, CARINET, CGNET, CIGnet, CONNECT, COSY, CSNet, DASNET, DEC (Digital Equipment Corp.), DIALCOM, EasyLink, ECONET, EIES, Envoy 100, FAX, Fidonet, Galaxy, GeoNet, GTE, HandsNet, IMC, INET, Internet, ISISHQ, Janet, MCI Mail, MicroLink, NWI, PANDORA, PINET, Portal, Prairie, PsychNet, ScienceNet, SI (Systemas Industriales), TCN, Telecom Gold, Telemail, Telex, TWICS, Tymnet/Ontyme, UNDP;UNDRO;UNINET, UNICOMP UNISON, WELL Electronic mail (Email) overcomes the cost and problems of telephone use. An electronic mail message is composed at the user's convenience, then quickly sent by the GlasNet computer to its destination in the addressee's host computer mailbox, which may be in Moscow or halfway around the world. When the person to whom it is sent logs in to his or her local network host computer, the message is waiting. Transmission is immediate, and there is no need for both parties to be present simultaneously. Costs are less than long distance telephone calls or those of air parcel services. FAX And Telex Service GlasNet will provide its users with the ability to send messages to FAX machines, and to send or receive messages from Telex machines. Electronic Conferencing An electronic conference is a written conversation with other users; a conference is created to discuss a particular topic or to facilitate communication between people working on a joint project. GlasNet users will be able to start their own conferences on topics of interest, or will be able to participate in on-going conferences on other APC networks. GlasNet has office space in and works closely with the Bank of Ideas of the USSR at their offices on Ulitsa Yaroslavskaya. For further information please contact: Anatoly Voronov, Executive Director Email: avoronov@glas.apc.org Alexander Zaytsev, Technical Director Email: alexz@glas.apc.org Anatoly Yeroshin, User Support Director Email: ayeroshin@glas.apc.org GlasNet Ulitsa Yaroslavskaya 8 Korpus 3 Room 111 129164 Moscow 217-6173, 217-6182 (voice) 217-6170, 217-6171, 217-6172, 217-6174, 217-6180, 217-6181, 217-6183 (data) In the USA: David Caulkins GlasNet USA 437 Mundel Way Los Altos, CA 94022 (415)948-5753 voice (415)948-1474 fax Email: dcaulkins@igc.org (from Internet in the USA) dcaulkins (from PeaceNet/EcoNet in the USA)