[Iinet-newsletter] Infinity Internet - March 2004 Newsletter

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Features
     No Setup Fee and FREE Domain Registration - Promo Code NL0304!
     New Dialer!
     Residential Routers - What You Need to Know!
     Referral Program!

     Popup Blocker!
     Setup SpamAssassin!
     Dialup List
     Contact Us
     Cancel Subscription

No Setup Fee and FREE Domain Registration - Promo Code NL0304!

For the month of March new web hosting customers 
(http://www.iinet.com/services/hosting/) will get their setup fee waived 
and register their domain for FREE! That is a savings of up to $75.00! To 
enjoy this savings, please quote the promo code NL0304. To inquire about 
web hosting service call 800-469-1424.

New Dialer!

Never be without our most up to date dialup numbers again! Infinity 
Internet is proud to announce our new downloadable dialer. This new dialer 
includes our entire nationwide network of numbers. If you are a Windows 
user, we highly encourage you to download and install this program 
(http://signup.iinet.com/iinet.exe)! Never have out of date dialup numbers 
on your system again. As Infinity Internet adds new numbers to our network, 
they will automatically download on to your computer.

If you travel, getting online will be much easier! Simply select the city 
and state and you will be able to dial the local number for that area from 
the list. Try our new dialer today (http://signup.iinet.com/iinet.exe).

Residential Routers - What You Need to Know!

By far, the most effective means of putting a small home or office network 
on a shared network connection is by using a residential router. Also 
called a DSL/Cable router, broadband router, or SOHO router. These low cost 
routers allow a simple network to share an Internet connection. They also 
provide more than adequate security for most users.

These routers usually have an Ethernet jack to connect with a DSL or other 
types of broadband modems and another Ethernet ports (or a built in switch) 
to support the network. Some models even include support for wireless 
networking.

Most routers come pre-configured to use DHCP (a protocol for automatically 
assigning IP addresses) and then in turn, support the internal network 
using automatically assigned addresses. You can literally plug them in and 
go in many cases. Setting a residential router up for a static IP address 
and if necessary, to use a routed network is still a fairly simple task. 
(Please note, when adding wireless to a network, it is important to enable 
encryption so that not just anyone with a wireless card can use your 
Internet connection).

Some routers may also include features that report on or simply block 
certain types of connections. Access to websites, online games, and more 
can be monitored or, if necessary, prevented.

There are few drawbacks to using a residential router. The worst being that 
setting up a server for mail, web, or games requires a minor configuration 
adjustment called "Port Redirecting", where specific types of traffic are 
sent to specific machines within the private network. Most home users would 
never need to use that feature, and many security conscious network owners 
don't consider that to be a drawback at all.

Many residential routers can be found for less than $100. Add a $50 
external modem for a backup (or primary) Internet connection and you have 
to ask yourself, can you afford not to have one?

Some URLs to various brands of residential routers:

 - SMC Networks <http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&site=c>
 - D-Link <http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=2>
 - Linksys <http://www.linksys.com/products/>
 - NETGEAR <http://netgear.com/products/routers.php>

Popup Blocker!

Connect to the new IINet Popup Blocker on line: 
http://help.iinet.com/popup-blocker.php

We also have some FAQ’s for you on the Popup Blocker. Please go to FAQ’s on 
this new product (http://help.iinet.com/faq.php) and click on the text link 
"IINet Popup Blocker" in the "Browsing the Web FAQ" section.

Setup SpamAssassin!

After logging to UserConsole (https://console.iinet.com), click on Email 
Tools then select Email Filtering from the drop down menu.

SpamAssassin is pretty effective. It resides on Infinity Internet's server, 
so there is nothing to download. You pick keywords that you do not want to 
get. Then you decide whether to mark the mail as Spam and it will be 
deleted before you ever see it. 

Referral Plan!

Spread the word and reap the benefits with our Friends and Family referral 
plan! Most of us already tell others who our Internet provider is, so why 
not get some credit for it?  With our Friends and Family Referral Program 
you can get credit on your account for referring people that sign up for 
our services.   So tell the people you know and see the savings! 

Take at a look at http://www.iinet.com/services/referral for more details! 

For more information, please contact one of our Client Services Specialists 
at: 
	· 1-800-211-2772
	· billing at iinet.com

Dialup List

All of our dialup numbers are listed at: http://www.iinet.com/dialup/

Contact Us

We are available to assist you with your needs at any time of the day or 
night. 

Voice: 

  ·  Sales - (800) 469-1424

  ·  Billing Support - (800) 211-2772

  ·  Technical Support  - (800) 689-4303

  ·  Business Support  - (800) 291-0682

Via e-mail: 

	For Technical Support: support at iinet.com 
        Or, Live Chat (http://www.iinet.com)- click the link for chat in 
the left hand column

	For Billing Support: billing at iinet.com

	To Signup for a new account: sales at iinet.com

Via Mail:

	Infinity Internet
	PO Box 872890
	Vancouver, WA
	98687-2890

Via Fax:

	Client Services:  360-816-9017
	Administrative:  360-254-3898

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