BestWeb offers personal dial-up access to the Internet. For one low
fee each month, you gain unlimited interactive use of the Internet.
There are no peak hours and never a charge beyond our basic flat rate.
BestWeb is a local call in most major metro areas throughout the United
States, allowing you to use your account at home or when traveling.
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Try BestWeb's service for free!
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All personal accounts include a free week that allows
you to try our service at no cost. At the end of your
free week, your first three months are only $9.95 per month,
and then $19.95 per month thereafter. (The $9.95 per month
promotion is for new customers only.)
Billing goes month to month and you can cancel your service
at any time. We can charge your credit card monthly (all major
credit cards accepted) , or you can pay by check, cash, or
money order as payment. You can also purchase a year of service
for $180/year prepaid, a value which works out to $15/month.
Please note that the yearly payment is nonrefundable.
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Customer Support
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Our Customer Service department, staffed by friendly, knowledgeable
technicians, is ready to answer any questions or fix any problem
experienced with BestWeb's service. We are open 24 hours
a day, seven days a week. |
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With
BestWeb's dial-up account, you can go online with speed and dependability,
gaining access to all the WWW has to offer, from search engines,
to stock quotes, from news to ticket reservations, from online
games to message boards or IRC/chat. You can even use AOL Instant
Messenger, ICQ, or other instant messenger programs!
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Receive free service! - As a BestWeb customer, you
have the opportunity to receive credit toward your account
by referring new customers to us. We will credit your account
for the monthly value of the referred customer's account.
If the customer you refer to us opens a dial-up account, you
receive a credit of $19.95, a DSL account brings you a credit
of $49.95, and a domain account gives you a $24.95 credit.
Just make sure that the person mentions your username when
they sign up and, after they have been a member for two months,
we will credit your account
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Free Web Space - As a BestWeb customer your account
includes 20 megabytes of storage space on our server
to store a web page for your personal or business use. We
have instructions on how to upload your web page in our Customer
Support area.
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E-mail - In addition to the e-mail address that you
get for your dial-up account, you have five additional e-mail
addresses available to you at no extra cost. We also offer
BestWeb's WebMail (E-mail.bestweb.net),
a web based e-mail program allowing you to check your e-mail
from any computer with Internet access.
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Spam and Virus Filter - We provide a Spam filter to reduce unwanted
e-mail messages,
as well as a Virus filter to catch infected e-mail before it reaches your
computer. Both the Spam filter and the virus filter are free to all Bestweb customers
. You can choose to use either or both filters, whichever
you prefer. For more information, click
here.
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Local Call - BestWeb is a
local call in most major
metro areas throughout the United States, allowing you to
use your account at home or when traveling.
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Message
Board - You can be a part of the BestWeb community by
using our message
board where you can post questions, comments and even
classifieds. Some of the message boards are open to the public while
our tech support message board open exclusively to BestWeb customers.
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Monthly
Giveaways! - Each month we giveaway items such as T-shirts,
hats, and free service. To participate in our monthly
giveaways, request free BestWeb license plate covers
for your vehicle - just click on the license plate link in
our menu and follow the request procedure. Once the plate
covers are on your vehicle, you are ready to participate.
If we spot your car with the BestWeb license plate covers,
then you are a winner!
Raffles! - We also raffle off prizes such as tickets to
performances, gift certificates for local stores and free meals
from area restaurants!
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Instant Messenger Programs - Download and use AOL Instant Messenger
for free, as well as ICQ or other instant messenger programs.
Click here to download any of
these progams!
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Parental Site Blocking - Guard your children against unwanted websites
and questionable content. You can use a free service such as
We-blocker to protect against
online adult content, violence, drugs and more.
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Options
- So far everything has been included for free! Here
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Additional
Storage Space in 20Mb increments:
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$10/month
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IP: |
$5/month
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$45/annual |
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Channel ISDN access: |
$25/month
total |
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Channel ISDN access: |
$40/month
total |
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Performance
- BestWeb has an extensive high speed data network connecting BestWeb's points of
presence (POPs) with network centers in New York City, Poughkeepsie and White Plains.
With a total of 240 Mbps to the Internet backbone. BestWeb provides the throughput
necessary to satisfy the most demanding user.
Access - BestWeb dial-up connections are fast and reliable. Ports are
state-of-the-art Lucent Portmasters and Ascend TNT Max's. All locations are served by
multiple circuits for throughput and redundancy. We maintain a modem ratio of eight to
one or better to prevent busy signals. All dial up locations support both analog and
digital connections.
Reliability - BestWeb has UNIX servers with critical functions
running in parallel to provide high reliability. All equipment is protected
by UPS with backup generators. BestWeb's system is monitored twenty-four hours a
day.
Support - BestWeb has technical support personnel available twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week to assist you.
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