From: membership.services@quancon.com@SANDH.COM (Membership.services@quancon.com) Subject: !!IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!! Date: 1996/12/05 Message-ID: <002AAB63012A77EC@SANDH.COM> organization: S&H Computer Systems content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.bbs.tsx Return-Path: From: membership.services@quancon.com Reply-To: membership.services@quancon.com Subject: !!IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!! To: tsx-bbs@sandh.com X-Mailer: TSX-Online Date: Wed, 4 Dec 96 18:33:16 EST Organization: Quantum Connection Open Message To The Licensees & Other Interested Parties Using The PageSat- NCIT Satellite Service: Wednesday December 5, 1996 We noted our failure to receive a satellite signal from the PageSat- NCIT company earlier this date. We placed a called to NCIT's Palo Alto, CA, office (415-493-9592) and reached a recording. This recording states that NCIT has ceased doing business, is no longer providing a satellite feed to over 400+ customers and directs all creditors and customers to call their attorney's office. The telephone number of their attorney is provided in this message. As of now, none of us will be receiving any satellite feed from NCIT. You can confirm this by calling the above stated telephone number. We placed a telephone call to Norm Gillispie. Norm, and his wife Lydia, started with the original company known as "PageSat", which was later bought out by NCIT. The following is a recap of what Norm and I spoke about on the phone: Question: What recourse do we have as far as recovering monies we paid up front - some of us for a year or more of service, in advance? Norm: At this point you could contact a California lawyer and file suit, or (based on our suggestion) assemble a number of customers and launch a class action suit. Question: Has NCIT ceased doing buisness, thus shutting down their equipment and leaving many of us without this satellite feed? Norm: Yes, they have. Currently NCIT owes me in excess of $20K. I have not been paid by them in 6 weeks. Also, I am locked out of the building where this equipment is at. Currently the President of NCIT, Dick Grey, is vacationing in Hawaii. His son, Mike Grey (President of NCIT) is due to join Dick shortly in Hawaii for vacation as well. Question: What brought about NCIT abruptly ceasing to do business? Norm: Some of their investors got nervous, even though we have 30-40 new account activations awaiting activation. The investors got a bit shook when we transitioned over from the K2 to GE1 satellite. We had a signal strenght problem, which we corrected. But, the feed was requiring us to double our bandwidth on GE1, unless we made some changes. I went to Dick and told him that I could tighten the band with some filters. He agreed, we ordered the filters - matter-of-fact, those filters came in yesterday at 5PM PST, but I was never allowed to install and test them out. They simply locked the place up, thus leaving all of you and me locked out. Question: I know that you had mentioned to me, a couple of months ago, that you and your wide Lydia were contemplating taking the this satellite service back over. Is this still your intention? Norm: Yes, but I do not believe with the current equipment. I have spoken with the leasing company, as well as GE. They are OK with us just starting up with a new link. Question: Do you plan on contacting any of the current NCIT subscribers and advising them of your proposed directions and plans? Norm: Yes. I have the e-mail addresses of over 300 of them. I will start sending out e-mail to them all, updating them on what has happened here, as well as my intentions. Question: When do you anticipate on having the satellite feed turned back on? Norm: I just do not know at this point...but, the sooner the better. ********************** Planet Connect Update ********************** I spoke with Joe Overholt, President of Planet Connect, at 4:45PM CST this date. Joe stated that he will be in touch, this evening, with his technical folks, as well as the folks at S & H. He stated that the pressure is on his company now, more than ever, to get his feed working in the TSX enviroment. Joe asked that I call him back late Friday or Saturday of this week. He promised that he will have more information available about his services working in the TSX enviroment.... Dave Rucks ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : Quantum Connection - A Full Online Services Provider In Cocoa Beach, FL : : For Membership, Business and Web Pages Services: : : E-Mail: QC@quancon.com OR Snail Mail To: : : Quantum Connection : : 2023 N. Atlantic Avenue : : Suite 315 : : Cocoa Beach, FL USA 32931 : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::