Calgary Community Network Association (CCNA) Mandate

The Calgary Community Network Association has a mandate to provide Calgary and the surrounding area with local, computerized information with an educational value, at the lowest possible cost.

What this means is that the CCNA currently provides, and will continue to provide, access to an easy to use computer system that contains local information as well as access to the Internet. However, the access to the Internet is an - "offshoot" - not the primary focus of the CCNA.

The CCNA is not a Bulletin Board Service.

The CCNA system uses a Lynx browser to access TEXT only based information. The simple arrow key functions and single letter commands, shown at the bottom of each screen, are infinitely easier for beginners to learn to use, than more complicated unix commands.

* The CCNA offers the following:

1. OPERATING POLICY

Effective November 1, 1995, the CCNA changed its policies. These changes were implemented November 13, 1995 and updated in September of 1996.

All donations, are yearly donations. Please check at the main screen for the correct address to send mail to.

- There is no charge to setup one account per person, and only requires a copy of your ID or a personalized cheque made out to the CCNA Association, your login name, full name, address and telephone number. You will be able to access the CCNA by means of our Public Access Terminals or from outside the CCNA by means of telnet only, for 1 hr connect time per login, 4 logins within a 24 hr period.

- OR -

- With a donation of $25.00 or more per year, your telnet account will be upgraded to a dialup account and have modem access using the 282-4075 telephone number, for 1 hr connect time per login, 4 logins within a 24 hr period.

- OR -

- With a donation of $60.00 or more per year, your telnet or dialup account, will be upgraded to have membership privileges, and have modem access to your account using the members only line, 282-3707 telephone number, for 2 hr connect time per login, unlimited logins within a 24 hr period.

- OR -

- With a donation of $110.00 or more per year, your telnet, dialup or member account, will be upgraded to have PPP access through the CCNA Association, for 2 hr connect time per login, unlimited logins within a 24 hr period.

- In all cases, when registering for the access you must present acceptable ID to confirm their identity. Acceptable ID would be a personal check with your name and address imprinted on the cheque, a copy of your birth certificate, Canadain citizenship papers, Passport, drivers license with photo, etc..

2. Lynx Browser

3. Text Based Information

4. E-Mail Account - Pine

5. Access to selected Newsgroups

6. Two hour log-in time for paid Members, compared to one hour for registered users

7. Level One and Level Two "Hands-On" Training Courses

8. Uploading/downloading, attaching files, etc... which are taught in our Training Courses. If you are interested in taking a CCNA Course, send an e-mail to cfn@calcna.ab.ca

9. Search tools such as Webcrawler, Veronica, Gopher

10. Membership Privileges. One of them is having a voting privilege at the Calgary Community Network Association Annual General Meeting.

This is where the Paid Members vote on what services they would like to see the CCNA offer now and into the future.

Remember, if you're not a Paid Member to the Calgary Community Network Association, you don't get a say in how the CCNA operates or continues to improve. Again, this is just one of the Membership Privileges.

The telnet, dialup, and member access levels with the CCNA provides a "learner's permit" to the Internet through the text only browser for its new users.

Once you the users of the CCNA system learn the basic functions, you can advance to higher levels of service through our PPP access and those presently provided by local commercial Internet Service Providers (ISP).

These include the following services:

1. SLIP/PPP or Shell access

2. Mosaic or similar graphical interface access

3. Access to graphics, IRC, Talk, etc...

4. Telnet capabilities

5. "GoTo" function

6. Flat fee per month, plus other usage fees, etc...

* Some local commercial Internet providers are:

1. Telnet Canada

2. Cybersurf

3. Telus

4. Shaw@home

5. Cyber Wave

6. Spots Interconnect

7. AOL Canada

For further information and clarification, please contact the Calgary Community Network Association Office.

If you have comments, suggestions or concerns, please contact the CCNA Helpdesk

Last revised: November 4, 1999