From execdir@torfree.net Thu May 2 05:08:51 2002 From: execdir@torfree.net (TFN Executive Director) Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 00:08:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TFN-announce] New Dialup Time and Filespace Quotas Message-ID: In order to ensure the financial viability of the Toronto Free-Net, we must start charging for the higher levels of access to TFN. In May we will be fully implementing dialup time/filespace control. We are asking you to choose a level of access that will best satisfy your needs. Free access will still be available, but it will be more limited than it has been in the past. There are five membership levels: * BASIC: Free service will give you a total of 20 minutes per day dial-up time, in sessions of up to 10-minutes and you will receive half a megabyte of disk space. * 1-PLUS: will give you a total of 70 minutes per day, with a session length of up to 60-minutes with 3 megabytes of disk space. 1-plus costs $5 per month, or $50 per year if paid annually. * 2-PLUS: will give you a total of 130 minutes per day, with a session length of up to 60-minutes with 7 megabytes of disk space. 2-plus costs $8 per month, or $80 per year if paid annually. * 442-PLUS: Like the 2-plus plan, 442-Plus will give you a total of up to 260 minutes over a 2 day period. It also allows you to use unused time from the previous day. For example, if you use 1 hour one day, the next day you can use 3 hours. Session lengths are up to 90 minutes with 10 megabytes of disk space. 442-plus costs $10 per month, or $100 per year if paid annually. * UNLIMITED: Unlimited time, Unlimited session length, 20 megabytes of diskspace. This costs $23/month and $220 per year if paid annually. **All accounts above include extra daytime and evening 2 minute sessions to quickly check email. Also from Midnight to 8:00 am, extra time is available... equal to the allowed day/evening usage. WHEN: May 7th will be the last day where the current 1 hour session "442-Plus" level of access is given to everyone. On May 8th we will put in place the "2-Plus" level, on May 15th the "1-Plus" level and finally on May 22nd, the "Basic Free" level of time and filespace access. Please be forewarned that filespace quota constraints put in place on these dates may temporarily block your use of mail and file storage until you are able to download or delete larger unneccessary files. HOW: Please use the online form under "Membership Upgrade" to indicate the level of access you wish to use. Then as soon as possible, please send, phone, fax or bring your payment to our office. When we receive your payment, we will enable your "Plus" privileges for the next day. The expiry date for "Plus" accounts (the date when access level will automatically be set back to "Basic Free") will be calculated forward from May 22nd. If you wish to maintain the "Basic Free" level access, no action is required at this time. Thank-you for continuing to support Toronto Free-Net. It is the volunteer and financial support of members which makes everything possible at TFN. Ken McCracken Executive Director Toronto Free-Net From execdir@torfree.net Thu May 30 13:18:26 2002 From: execdir@torfree.net (TFN Executive Director) Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 08:18:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TFN-announce] Upgrading Your Account Message-ID: Toronto Free-Net is in the last stages of implementing its new tiered services plan. Thank-you to all members who have already upgraded! By sharing the costs together, we can continue to be a resource for everyone. We have given members an extra week to upgrade from Basic level access which allows two 10 minute sessions per day and .5 Megabytes of file storage. In your web browser, see the link "Memberships: New and Upgrading" at www.torfree.net for more information on the various accounts available. BASIC ACCOUNTS: For the past week, all members who have not upgraded have been given 70 minutes a day with maximum session lengths of 30 minutes. On May 30th, we will be reducing access to two 20 minute sessions. On June 3rd we will set Basic accounts to two 10 minute sessions. If you are unable to contribute at the $5 per month level, you may still donate by sending your cheque (with userid) to: Toronto FreeNet, Inc. 600 Bay Street, Suite 406, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5G 1M6 Telling people you know about Toronto Free-Net is another way you can help us. Thanks so much for supporting community networking in Toronto. Ken McCracken Executive Director Toronto Free-Net PLEASE NOTE: When most of our lines are busy, our timing software requires you to wait at least 2 minutes before reconnecting after a session disconnect. If you continually redial without waiting, you will not be able to reconnect.