I-NET can be used in the following applications :

1.	Electronic Mail Services	2.	Corporate Communications	3.	Information Retrieval	4.	Database Services
5.	Remote Job Applications	6.	Credit Card Verifications	7.	Travel Reservations	8.	INTERNET connectivity

     I-NET Nodes are operational in the following 50 cities and customers can DIRECTLY       register their demands in these Cities.

Type I :   Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur,Mumbai                 and Pune.

Type II :  Agra, Allahabad, Amritsar, Baroda, Belgaum, Bhopal,                 Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chandigarh,Cochin Coimbatore, Erode, Guwahati,                 Indore, Jabalpur,Jallandhar, Kochi, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore,                 Mysore, Nagpur,  Panjim, Patna, Rajkot, Ranchi, Salem, Shimla, Surat, Trichy,                 Trivandrum, Varanasi, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam.

Type III :  Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Aligarh, Ambala, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bikaner, Cuttack,                  Dehradun, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Faridabad, Gandhinagar, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur,                  Guntur, Gurgaon, Gwalior, Haldia, Hosur, Hubli, Jammu, Jamnagar,Jamshedpur,                  Jodhpur, Kakinada, Kalyan, Karnal, Kolhapur, Kota, Mathura,Meerut, Moradabad,                  Muzaffarpur, Nasik, Noida, Ooty, Palghat, Pathankot, Patiala, Pandicherry, Quilon,                  Raipur, Rohtak, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Shillong, Sholapur, Siliguri, Tirunelveli, Trichur,                  Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Ujjain.

Type IV :  Asansol, Mahad.

     Types of I-NET access Available :

  1)   X.25 leased access at 2.4, 9.6, 19.2 or 64 Kbps
  2)   X.25 leased access at 64 Kbps.
  3)   X.28 leased access at 2.4 or 9.6 Kbps.
  4)   X.28 dialup access at 0.3, 1.2, 2.4 or 9.6 Kbps.
  5)   X.32 dialup access at 2.4 or 9.6 Kbps, as backup to X.25 leased access.
  6)   Frame relay  ( not provided in Group ‘C’ Cities ) upto 64kbps.

     Facilities using I-NET :

  (1)   Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC)
  (2)   Closed User Group (CUG)
  (3)   Reverse Charging (RC)
  (4)   Fast Select (FS)
  (5)   Additional facilities as per CCITT X.121 spec.

     Connectivity using I-NET :

  1.   INTERNET through VSNL
  2.   Remote Area Business Message Network ( RABMN )
  3.   High Speed VSAT Network ( HVNET ).
  4.   Gateway Packet Switching System ( GPSS ) for connectivity to overseas
        public data networks.

I-NET users can access Internet ( Shell Account Only ) through the following gateways to VSNL's Gateway Internet Access Service ( GIAS ).    

  a)   Customers are required to get the password from VSNL from the respective Nodes.

  b)   I-NET Charges will be applicable as per the table given earlier.

      Other Services on I-NET :

   i)  “099 Access” to I-NET from any City other than the cities with I-NET Exchange.

  ii)   PSTN Dial-out Facility for I-NET customers to call terminals / computers connected to
        telephones in cities with I-NET exchanges.

 iii)  Dedicated Dialup Service for creation of virtual private networks within I-NET.

     I-NET connection in Cities having I-NET Nodes :

      Application forms can be obtained from the Commercial officer of the City ( Rs 50 )
      in which the connection is required.

     I-NET connection in Cities NOT having I-NET Nodes or for I-NET connection at Multiple       Locations :

  1)  Registration of Demand at NOIDA.

  2)  On encashment of Application fee, application form shall be sent to the customer to be         filled and deposited in the city in which the connection is required.

     How to Apply for I-NET Connection ?

     Application form available from Customer Service Centre, Grd. Floor, Telephone Bhavan,
      34 BBD Bag (South) Calcutta – 700 001 ( on payment of Rs 50 ) and filled in forms are to be       deposited to Commercial Officer(LD-II), 3^rd Floor,Telephone Bhavan, Kolkata-1.

     Registration is made against an initial deposit of Rs 1000

     After due checking of technical feasibility demand bill is issued. At present it is immediate.

      For detailed Technical Information dial I-NET No. 404380010217.

     For further queries please contact : DE ( Data Network ), Calcutta Telephones, 3^rd. floor
     Telephone Bhavan, 34 BBD Bag (South) Kolkata-700 001 Tel: 2221-0098/2210-5682.