Europeon access to the Internet

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

PARIS, 27th October 1993:  A new service from EUnet, the Europe-wide supplier
of electronic network services, enables executives on the move to take full
advantage of the global Internet, from wherever they are.


The service, called EUnet Traveller, will be available in twelve European
countries from 1st December.  EUnet Traveller provides customers with direct
links to their Internet-linked host computer via dial-up access points in
major European countries.


The Internet operates like the international telephone network, providing
direct access to over 15 million of subscribers around the world.  At present
rates of growth, Internet connections are forecast to be almost as numerous as
telephones by the end of the decade.


EUnet Traveller may be used from any computer, portable or desktop, fitted
with a modem and appropriate software such as Procomm or the Terminal Emulator
available in Microsoft Windows 3.1. Local dial-up access points ensure that
EUnet Traveller customers will only incur domestic rather than international
telephone connection charges or hotel surcharges.


Using EUnet Traveller, travelling executives from an organisation with an
EUnet-connected Local Area Network are able to connect directly with their
office system from their hotel room or anywhere else.  This enables them to
keep in close touch by sending and receiving electronic mail and exchanging
files.


"This service will liberate anyone who currently uses the Internet", commented
EUnet Chief Executive Glenn Kowack, "Now they won't have to use a particular
computer in a particular place, they can do it from wherever they are".


Organisations wishing to use EUnet Traveller which are not currently linked to
the Internet may arrange for connection via EUnet's existing services.


EUnet Traveller security standards involve individual customer identification
and passwords.  An authentication procedure at the destination host system
ensures user privacy.


Initially, EUnet Traveller is available in twelve European countries (Austria,
Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands,
Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) with coverage expected to grow
throughout the EUnet network during 1994.


Customers will pay a once-only sign-up fee of ECU 30, a monthly service charge
of ECU 30 which includes three hours connection time, and ECU 10 per extra
hour connected.  Charges will be made against customers' charge or credit
cards.


The EUnet Traveller Starter Pack includes where-to-dial information for each
participating country; details of telephone help services; a personal password
and a guidebook covering telephone and power plug compatibility issues.


Note to Editors:


EUnet Limited is jointly owned by the EUnet national service providers and
EurOpen, the European Forum for Open Systems.


EUnet services include electronic mail (Internet-style RFC 822 as well as
X.400), InterEUnet (Internet Protocol) connectivity and services such as
remote log-in and file transfer over leased and dial-up lines, X.25 and ISDN.
EUnet is the primary European region provider of Network News, the world's
largest electronic conferencing system, and the top-level European distributor
of Internet Talk Radio.


EUnet operates its own infrastructure across Europe, and is the largest
European component of the Internet (the world's network of computer systems).
EUnet is a member of CIX, the Commercial Internet Exchange, and Ebone93, a
research network consortium.


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For Further Information:


Glenn Kowack
Chief Executive,
EUnet Limited
Tel: +31 20 592 5109
Fax: +31 20 592 5155
e-mail: info () EU net


Mark Riminton
Sigma Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)932 252900
Fax: +44 (0)932 253670
e-mail: MRIMINTON () EU net


EUnet is a registered trademark of EUnet Deutschland GmbH and
of EurOpen Limited.  All other trademarks acknowledged.



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