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Three accounts to choose from:
$24.95 per month for 200 hours - $.01 each additional minute
$17.95 per month for 100 hours - $.50 each additional hour
$13.95 per month for 10 hours - $.50 each additional hour

A one-time activation fee of $15.00 is applied to all accounts. Call us for more information!

Multiple e-mail accounts can be added for $1.75/account.

Plans may be changed at the beginning of each billing cycle, which is the 20th of the month.

DSL High-Speed Internet

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services are available in Aurora, Phillips, Giltner, Trumbull, Doniphan, Hampton, Hordville and Marquette. Subscribers must be within a range up to 3-7 cable miles of our existing DSL stations which are located throughout our service territory.

Monthly Plans:
Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49.95 -- 256K access
Residential/Business . . . . . . . . . $64.95 -- 512K access
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114.95 -- 768K access

Installation: $100
DSL modem: $200
Special offer: Contract for 1 year of DSL and get the modem for 1/2 price, or Contract for 2 years and get the modem for FREE!

In addition to DSL high-speed Internet access, subscribers are given FREE web space and email boxes: FREE 3MB and 3 email boxes for 256K plan; FREE 15MB and 12 email boxes for 512K plan; and FREE 15MB and 20 email boxes for 768K plan. If you would like a personalized domain (mysite.com) just add $5/month. *Your computer must have a network (ethernet) card installed. If you don't already have one we can provide and install them for $50.
You can review this cost comparison between DSL and dialup plans...
Contact our offices for information and to sign up! Tel. 694-6655, toll-free 1-877-426-5638, email: DSL@hamilton.net

Wireless High-Speed Internet

Now Available in Silver Creek!
Wireless internet is available in Central City, Sidney, Fullerton, Silver Creek and North Platte. Subscribers must be within the line of site of the wireless tower in their respective towns. Wireless has been tested up to 3 miles from the tower with standard equipment, and with additional equipment has been sustained up to 8 miles.

Monthly Plans:
$64.95 -- 256K access
$89.90 -- 512K access
$114.95 -- 768K access

Installation: $100
Equipment charges are built in to the monthly plans.
Subscribers are given 15MB of webspace in addition to their Wireless services.
If you would like a personalized domain (mysite.com) just add $5/month.
Contact our offices for information and to sign up! 1-877-426-5638 or 694-6655, or email: wireless@hamilton.net Hamilton.net marketers (Agents)
Hamilton Telecommunications
1001 12th St.
Aurora, NE 68818
402-694-5101
or 800-821-1831

Central True Value
Don Franzen
308 G St
Central City, NE 68826
308-946-3386

Hamilton Information Systems
3341 W State Street Suite #C
Grand Island, NE 68803
308-381-1000

Bridgeport Community Center
PO Box 640
Bridgeport, NE 69336
308-262-1825

Sullivan Agency
John Sullivan
302 Broadway
Fullerton, NE 68638
308-536-2100

Comptec Systems & Design
Craig Brauer
1009 Illinois Ave
PO Box 335
Sidney, NE 69162
308-254-3383

Wheat Belt Public Power
2104 Illinois Ave.,
P.O. Box 177,
Sidney, Nebraska 69162
Phone: 308-254-5871
Farmers State Bank
203 Vine St.
Silver Creek, NE 68663
308-773-2222

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Our Goal

At Hamilton.net, our goal is simply to make the Internet easy for you to use. We want to make your connection and your presence on the Internet as easy as possible to use and manage. Our service is based on the type of technology required to make your Internet service reliable and secure.

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Service Area

The Hamilton.net Internet Service reaches throughout Nebraska. Currently, our local service is available in more than 50 Nebraska communities.

Hamilton.net Communities
Aurora
Archer
Belgrade
Bridgeport
Cairo
Central City
Chapman
Doniphan
Giltner
Grand Island
Fullerton
Hampton
Hansen
Hordville
Marquette
North Platte
Palmer
Phillips
Sidney
Silver Creek
St Libory
Stockham
Trumbull
Wood River
....just to name a few!

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Our Company

Hamilton.net is provided by Hamilton Telecommunications, a company with nearly a century of telecommunications experience. It is this core telecommunications competency that Hamilton brings to its Internet customers.

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Web Space Pricing
Web Space Legal Agreement

Personal Home Page (Non-commercial ONLY):
FREE up to 1 MB of space
Must subscribe to 100-hour Internet Plan $17.95/month

Beginning Site (Commercial):
3 MB of space $10.00/month
Add $5/month if using a personalized domain (yourcompany.com)

Intermediate Site:
6 MB of disk space $20.00/month
Add $5/month if using a personalized domain (yourcompany.com)

Premier Web Site:
9 MB of disk space $30.00/month
Add $5/month if using a personalized domain (yourcompany.com)

Non-profit organizations:
3 MB of disk space $10.00/month
Add $5/month if using a personalized domain (yourcompany.com)

For all packages: Additional MBs of space can be purchased in 3 MB increments at $10/month.

Your Own Domain Name:
Setting up DNS servers and Internic Registration
One-time setup charge $15.00
Customer will be bill by Internic for Domain Name Charges ($70 covering 2 years, $35/year after that)
Seperate ip address for domain $15.00/month

Usage Sensitivity:

Accesses beyond 10,000 per month will be charged at $10/month per 10,000 accesses. It should be noted that few web pages are ever accessed more than 10,000 times per month. Note that each access of a page, form, logo or graphical image counts as one access.

Hamilton Telecommunications reserves the right to revise, reject or cease publication of any web advertising at its discretion. Advertising is billed one month in advance. Web space cannot be subleased. Rates subject to change at any time without warning.

Personal Web Pages can also be setup through

CSI or Cyber Design

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Why use Hamilton.net?

Hamilton.net offers Internet access to Aurora, Central City, Fullerton, Grand Island, Palmer, Sidney, Bridgeport and surrounding communities without the expense of a long distance call. Subscribers to Hamilton.net will receive:

Easy to install software to get you connected to the Internet
Two service plans to meet your usage needs
Referral program credits you when you help a friend to subscribe
Click here to fill out a Referral Form now!

Hamilton.net provides its customers with a type of service that is unmatched. We listen to what our customers want and respond to their needs. Our customers wanted a time clock online and multiple e-mail accounts--both are now available. Our customers also wanted affordable web space pricing, and plans that were affordable and easy to use. We responded to those wants and needs, and our dedication to our customers continues. We have implemented 56K modems in some of our Hamilton.net communities to give even faster Internet connections! It is this type of commitment and inovation to our customers that has made Hamilton a leader in the telecommunications and Internet industry!

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Software

Hamilton.net utilizes Netscape 3.0 and Netscape Communicator 4.0 software for your web viewing pleasure. This software contains your e-mail and newsgroups.
Your account includes one e-mail address, however, you can purchase as many additional addresses as you want for $1.75 each per month.
We offer software that is compatible with both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 and Macintosh (for hardware requirements see below).

Hardware and Software Requirements:

Netscape Navigator:

    IBM Compatible Machine:
    8 MB of RAM
    11 MB of hard drive space
    14.4 or faster modem

    Macintosh:
    Mac OS 7.5 or later
    16 MB of RAM (built-in)
    20-25 MB of hard drive space
    14.4 or faster modem
    Apple Open Transport networking software version 1.1 (1.1.2 recommended)

Netscape Communicator:
    IBM Compatible Machine
    486/66 or higher processor
    Windows 95 or NT 4.0 (not suggested for Windows 3.1)
    16 MB RAM
    25-35 MB hard disk space
    CD-ROM drive
    14.4 or faster modem
    256 color video display

    Macintosh:
    68040 or PowerPC
    MacOS 7.5 or later, MacOS 8
    24 MB RAM (built-in)
    25-35 MB hard disk space
    14.4 or faster modem
    Apple Open Transport networking software version 1.1 (1.1.2 recommended)

Find out about the latest Netscape software.

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End User Agreement
HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS provides HAMILTON.NET ("Service") subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions below.

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SERVICE. BY ACCESSING THE SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE. BY BREAKING THE SEAL ON THE ENCLOSED FOLDER ACCOMPANYING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE TO ABIDE BY THEM.

This document contains the following sections:

PLEASE READ EACH SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE CONTINUING.

1. Single Copy Software Licenses

Use of Hamilton.net is subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. Use of Hamilton.net is also subject to all terms and conditions set forth in the Netscape Navigator End User License Agreement which is attached to this agreement and labeled as Exhibit A. By accessing the Hamilton.net service, you agree to abide by all of said terms and conditions. Please read such terms and conditions carefully. If you have questions related to this license agreement, please contact Hamilton Telecommunications at 402-694-5101.

2. Use of Hamilton.net and the Internet

You understand that you may access both Hamilton.net and the Internet in general through the Service. You understand further that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by Hamilton Telecommunications, neither Hamilton Telecommunications nor any of its affiliates operates or controls any information, products or services on the Internet in any way and that, except for such Hamilton Telecommunications identified information, products or services, all merchandise, information and services offered or made available or accessible through Hamilton.net or on the Internet generally are offered or made available or accessible by third parties who are not affiliated with Hamilton Telecommunications or its affiliates.

YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF HAMILTON. NET AND THE INTERNET. NEITHER HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS NOR ITS AFFILIATES MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO ANY MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH HAMILTON. NET OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY, AND THEY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COST OR DAMAGE ARISING EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY SUCH TRANSACTION. IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION, AND THE QUALITY AND MERCHANTABILITY OF ALL MERCHANDISE, PROVIDED THROUGH HAMILTON.NET OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. YOU UNDERSTAND FURTHER THAT THE INTERNET CONTAINS UNEDITED MATERIALS SOME OF WHICH ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO YOU IN SOME OTHER WAY. YOU AND ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD OR BUSINESS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ACCESS SUCH MATERIALS AT YOUR OWN RISK. HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR SUCH MATERIALS.

3. No Service Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. NEITHER HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS NOR ITS AFFILIATES WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE ON THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HAMILTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR TO ACCESS THE INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR YOUR RELIANCE ON OR USE OF INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION, OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE.

If you are dissatisfied with the Service or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices of Hamilton Telecommunications in operating the Service, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

4. Making Purchases On the Service

If you wish to make purchases on the Service, you may be asked by the merchant or information or service provider from whom you are making the purchase to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanism information. You agree that all information you provide any merchant or information or service provider on the Service for purposes of making purchases will be accurate, complete and current. The merchants and information and service providers offering merchandise information and services on the Service set their own prices and may change prices or institute new prices at any time. You agree to pay all charges incurred by users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to purchases on the Service. You acknowledge and agree that Hamilton Telecommunications cannot guarantee the security of your credit card or other payment mechanism information used to make purchases on the Service.

5. User Conduct on the Service

While using the Service, you may not:

5.1 restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Internet;

5.2 post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations;

5.3 post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, cancelbot, trojan horse, worm or other harmful component;

5.4 post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information, software or other material obtained through the Service for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information, software or other material);

5.5 upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the Service which is protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder; or upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the Service itself or derivative works with respect thereto, as the Service is copyrighted as a collective work under U.S. copyright laws. Hamilton Telecommunications has no obligation to monitor the Service. However, you agree that Hamilton Telecommunications has the right to monitor the Service electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Service properly, or to protect itself or its subscribers. Hamilton Telecommunications will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic- mail message unless required by law. Hamilton Telecommunications reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement. In addition, Hamilton Telecommunications may terminate the Service if, in its sole judgment, you have violated any of these conditions pertaining to User Conduct.

6. Consumer Information

You understand and agree that, unless you notify Hamilton Telecommunications to the contrary by calling 402-694-5101, Hamilton Telecommunications may publish your name and other consumer information in one or more directories which may be accessed by other Internet users; in addition, unless you notify Hamilton Telecommunications to the contrary as provided above, Hamilton Telecommunications may make such information available to third parties from time to time. You understand further that merchants on Hamilton.net and the Internet in general may have access to such information and may make it available to third parties in accordance with their normal practices unless you notify those merchants directly that you do not wish such information made available.

7. Failure to Comply with Terms and Conditions

Hamilton Telecommunications may deny you access to all or part of the Service without notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that Hamilton Telecommunications in its sole discretion believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. If Hamilton Telecommunications denies you access to the Service because of such a violation, you shall have no right (1) to access through Hamilton Telecommunications any materials stored on the Internet, (2) to obtain any credit(s) otherwise due to you, and such credit(s) will be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise or information on the Internet through Hamilton Telecommunications, and Hamilton Telecommunications shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Hamilton Telecommunications and its affiliates harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of this agreement by you or authorized users of your account, or in connection with the use of the Service or the Internet or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials on the Internet by you or authorized users of your account.

8. Miscellaneous

In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Hamilton Telecommunications' failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. Hamilton Telecommunications may modify this Agreement from time to time by placing a notice of such modification in the "Announcements" or subscriber service areas, and your continued use of the Service following notice of such modification shall be deemed to be your acceptance of any such modification. It is your responsibility to check the subscriber service area regularly to determine whether this Agreement has been modified. If you do not agree to any modification of this Agreement, you must immediately stop using the Service. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Nebraska, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Service must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Hamilton Telecommunications with respect to the Service.

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Internet Hotline | (402) 694-6655 or 1-800-821-1831 | FAX: (402) 694-2848
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