******************************************************************** ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICES FOR BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTED BY CONNECT-USA COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED 800-ATDT-USA Commencing aproximately December 20th, 1991, Connect-USA will begin distributing "AP NEWS EXPRESS" to system operators for display on their Bulletin Board Systems. The news file is available once per day after 10PM, Mountain Standard Time, seven days per week. The file is contained in a password protected ZIP file. The entire report is between 1,800 - 2,000 words in length. It provides summaries of the top national and international news developments, national and international temperatures, sports scores, Dow Jones updates and stock market reports. The number of articles varies from day to day but averages about thirty individual news articles per day. Connect-USA will supply a software module for Major BBS operators and a PC Board and RBBS compatible "door" program for other BBS software. The monthly cost for displaying the AP news on a BBS is determined by the number of simultaneous users that can access the BBS at the same time. USERS PRICE ----- --------- 1-4 $ 25.00 5-8 $ 50.00 9-16 $ 100.00 17-32 $ 250.00 33-64 $ 500.00 65 + $1,000.00 Connect-USA also distributes NEWSBYTES computer news, a daily and twice-weekly recap of the computer and telecom industry news. The cost for NEWSBYTES is $100 for the Daily issue and $50 for the twice-weekly issue. The number of lines is not an issue. Interested sysops should contact Tom Scott or Dan Carpenter at 800-ATDT-USA for details.