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Setup and monthly prices - dialup & shell accounts

shell only 56kbps modem 56kbps ISDN 115kbps ISDN
Basic $0 +$20/mo $20 +$20/mo $30 +$30/mo $40 +$40/mo
Full $30 +$30/mo $40 +$40/mo $65 +$65/mo
"Unlimited" $20 +$20/mo $30 +$30/mo $55 +$55/mo
Full-time $100 +$100/mo $120 +$120/mo $220 +$220/mo
Business $50 +$70/mo $70 +$70/mo $80 +$80/mo $100 +$100/mo
Business full-time $150 +$150/mo $200 +$200/mo $325 +$325/mo


Hours of modem use included, price of additional hours

shell only 56kbps modem 56kbps ISDN 115kbps IDSN
Basic $0 +$0.50 60 +$0.35 60 +$0.60 60 +$0.60/B
Full 240 +$0.25 240 +$0.35 240 +$0.35/B
"Unlimited" 240 +$0.25 240 +$0.35 240 +$0.60/B
Full-time 744 +$0.35 744 +$0.50 744 +$0.50/B
Business $0 +$0.35 240 +$0.35 240 +$0.35 240 +$0.35/B
Business full-time 744 744 +$0.35 744 +$0.50/B


Price of multiple simultaneous dialup or excessive B channels

shell only 56kbps modem 56kbps ISDN 115kbps IDSN
Basic $0.70/hr $0.70/hr $1.20/hr $1.20/hr
Full $0.70/hr $1.20/hr $1.20/hr
"Unlimited" $0.70/hr $1.20/hr $1.20/hr
Full-time $0.50/hr $1.00/hr $1.00/hr
Business $0.70/hr $0.50/hr $1.20/hr $1.20/hr
Business full-time $0.70/hr $1.00/hr $1.00/hr


Server limits

Disk Space Web Traffic
Included More Included More
Basic 20MB $0.25/MB/mo 500MB/mo $0.02/MB
Full 25MB $0.25/MB/mo 750MB/mo $0.02/MB
Full-time 20MB $0.25/MB/mo 500MB/mo $0.02/MB
Business 60MB $0.25/MB/mo 3,000MB/mo $0.02/MB
Business full-time 60MB $0.25/MB/mo 3,000MB/mo $0.02/MB


Normal account features

PPP Point-to-point protocol. The normal method for connecting to the
Internet with a modem.
Unix shell Use idiom.com's resources. 1500+ commands. Connect via direct
dialup or via telnet.
Web service Publish your own home pages.
Email Read your email via the unix shell or use Eudora or Netscape and
read it with the POP protocol.
Netnews Read usenet newsgroups. 20,000 groups available!
IRC Chat with people around the world with Internet Relay Chat


Account special features

Business accounts Virtual hosting, 10 extra POP accounts, Secure server access
for www.idiom.com
"Unlimited" accounts"Unlimited accounts" do not include unix shell access or web
publishing.


Extra features

setup monthlydescription
Virtual hosting $50 $8 http://www.YOUR-DOMAIN
NIC registration $80 $2 Idiom will be the domain billing contact
Email redirection - - Redirect email from one address to another
1st extra POP account $20 $5 Extra email box
2nd extra POP account $10 $5 Extra email box
3rd extra POP account $10 $5 Extra email box
still more POP accounts - $5 Extra email box
Block of IP addresses free freeExtra block of IP addresses
100MB extra disk space $200 - Permanent allocation of an extra 100MB
Higher limits $25 $50400MB extra disk space, 6,000MB extra web transfers
Lower usage charges $20 $30Extra disk space now $0.05/MB/mo and extra web transfers $0.005/MB
Secure web: idiom.com $15 $10Access to secure web server for www.idiom.com
Secure web: your-domain $200 $20Access to secure web server for YOUR-DOMAIN
(does not include a certifcate; see Thawte)
Secure web: your-domain $150 $10Same but for business accounts
SQL Database access $30 $10Useful for building web pages
Route legacy IP space $200 $10Have a routable C block? We can route it for you.
Change a login name $10 - We will only change a login once.
Fake changing a login - - Only email is faked.
IP filtering firewall $250 $50Idiom can filter your IP packets
First file restore $50 - Restore file accidently deleted (1st time)
Additonal file restore $200 - ...If you do it again
Small mailing list $30 $1 Auto-subscribe mailing - low volume
Medium mailing list $30 $10Auto-subscribe mailing - medium volume
Large mailing list $30 $??Auto-subscribe mailing - high volume
Change account type varies n/aPay positive difference in setup fees, if any

Other accounts

DSL accounts include a shell-only basic account.