What is PagePlanet?
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PagePlanet is our public URL address. Though our name is Kelly Freehold and
it serves us well, we recognize that some companies may shy away from a
non-DNS name that has Kelly Freehold in it, i.e.,
http://www.KellyFreehold.com/yourcompany
.
As an alternative, we offer pageplanet as the DNS pointer so that your
non-DNS name will appear as
http://www.pageplanet.com/yourcompany
.
This in not an issue for those companies who have their own domain name; Kelly
Freehold disappears completely and your customers see only
http://www.yourcompany.com
.
A
domain name
is obtained through Kelly Freehold from
InterNIC
.
Connection Speed
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All accounts are provided with a full T1 connection. And Kelly Freehold has
redundancy not only with the T1 lines themselves, but we also use an emergency
ISDN backup in the event of multiple POP failures or router failures.
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If you should experience service difficulties, the problem typically
involves something completely out of our control. Kelly Freehold equipment
rarely,
if ever, malfunctions and the provider of our telco link, BellSouth, has
a track record unrivaled in the industry. However, in the event of any
problem, we always make the assumption that we are at fault and we will
work from that point toward a resolution. Please contact us if you are
having any type of connection and/or speed problems.
Hard drive space
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The average web site actually uses very little hard disk space. The
html files are all text and the images are in some compressed format so
that they can be quickly transmitted via modem to an end user. As an example,
the entire Kelly Freehold site, images and all, takes up less than half of a
meg of space.
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Kelly Freehold's basic account includes five megs of space and, if needed,
additional space is available for $2.00 per meg per month. Your hard drive
space allotment is not restricted, therefore you do not need to contact
Kelly Freehold to increase the size of your web site.
Secure Server
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A full 128 bit RSA encrypted server is provided for secure transfer
of financial and confidential information.
Data Transfer Charges
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Kelly Freehold includes one gigabyte of data transfer per month in the base
account. Kelly Freehold measures the data traffic for your account monthly;
this
figure does not include ftp access for the purpose of changing your web
site. To give you a better understanding of data transfer quantities, one
gigabyte of transfer represents 20,000 hits on a 50 KB page. On the same
scale assuming a 5 KB text page, a 25 KB graphics-light page, and a 50
KB graphics-heavy page, the following monthly transfer estimates
would
apply:
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5 KB Page
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25 KB Page
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50 KB Page
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One gig of transfer
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200,000 hits
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40,000 hits
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20,000 hits
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Two gigs of transfer
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400,000 hits
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80,000 hits
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40,000 hits
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Three gigs of transfer
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600,000 hits
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120,000 hits
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60,000 hits
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Four gigs of transfer
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800,000 hits
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160,000 hits
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80,000 hits
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Five gigs of transfer
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1,000,000 hits
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200,000 hits
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100,000 hits
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Ten gigs of transfer
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2,000,000 hits
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400,000 hits
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200,000 hits
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Kelly Freehold charges 1.5 cents per megabyte for data transfer over the
one gigabyte base allocation. This rate represents $15 per gigabyte which
is typically one fifth the price of data transfer at other ISPs.
FTP Access
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You have unlimited access to your ftp space for the purpose of amending
your web site.
Counter CGI
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Keep track of how many times your pages are viewed.
Guestbook CGI
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Keep a listing of people that contact your page for personal or business
reasons.
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Listserv
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Gives your company the ability to bulk email messages and announcements
to subscribers. Listservs also allow for interactive discussion among those
individuals who subscribe to the service your company offers. Kelly Freehold
only allows opt in listservs - that is, subscribers must make a positive
action to join your mailing list.
Interactive forms
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Forms allow your customers to interact with your company. The two most
commonly used form types are the information form (where a customer can
full out personal information so that you may more easily assist them)
and the order form (where a customer may submit financial information to
purchase goods or services.)
Email Forms CGI
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When customers respond to a form on your web page, Kelly Freehold formats
and then forwards the information to your email account. You read the customer
information directly from your email account and respond via email or print
out the request for further processing.
AutoFax Forms CGI
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Customer responses to forms are automatically faxed to your machine
as Kelly Freehold receives them. This service is designed to allow our clients
who are not net connected to take advantage of the World Wide Web.
FTP Forms CGI
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Customer responses to forms are deposited on our servers until you
retrieve them via FTP. This service will accumulate returned forms in an
FTP basket where you can retrieve and process them as a group.
Email
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Kelly Freehold provides an email account for you to send and receive mail
through your domain name or forwards mail to your current account. Your
Kelly Freehold email address has the form of user@yourcompany.com. There are
two types of email - POP and forwarded. A POP account is a "true"
email account where your email bin resides directly on our servers. You
read and respond to email using our facilities. An email forwarding account
is designed to work in conjunction with your existing and local ISP. Kelly
Freehold
forwards all incoming email to your existing email account where you read
and respond from there. An additional variation often used for a forwarded
account is with special email addresses such as info@yourcompany.com or
service@yourcompany.com. Addresses such as those can either be POP accounts
or they can forward to a POP account located on our server or remotely
at your local ISP. For example, in that way, an email addressed to
support@yourcompany.com
can be forwarded to your technical support manager.
Domain Name
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Domain names make it easier for potential customers or other users
to find your site and give the illusion that you have invested in your
own web server. Your domain name has the form of
http://www.yourcompany.com
rather than
http://www.KellyFreehold.com/web/yourcompany
,
(or http://www.pageplanet.com/web/yourcompany if you prefer) A company called
InterNIC
act as the gateway for domain name registration.
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InterNIC
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InterNIC is the agency designated to make sure that your domain name
is unique. They make sure that only your company is using your domain name.
And they also facilitate changing that name into a number. The reason for
that is that computers do not particularly like letters; they need numbers
to function. Each web account has an IP number that designates its existence.
Yet you would not want your customers to have to remember strings of numbers;
it is far easier for them to remember your company name. InterNIC makes
sure that when your customers type in www.yourcompany it maps properly
to its IP number. InterNIC charges $50 per year (two years up-front) for
this service. Kelly Freehold will register for free your domain name and
manage
it without charge; InterNIC will bill you directly.
Free search engine registration
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Kelly Freehold will register your site with the top search engines with custom
keywords and descriptions. We will also gladly register your site with
industry-specific search engines as we discover them.
Database services
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Kelly Freehold can host any size database, creating return .html pages on
the fly.
Search engines
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There are several varieties of search engines available to integrate
with your database service. Kelly Freehold custom designs our search engines
and the interface to properly suit your needs.
Shopping cart
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Kelly Freehold can integrate shopping cart CGIs with your database making
it easier for your customers to order directly off your web site.
Software Delivery
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In many cases, it is advantageous to deliver software via the web.
Kelly Freehold can provide that service, particularly in conjunction with its
secure credit card forms.
Custom CGIs
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Kelly Freehold can script custom-designed CGIs to deal with those particular
functions that will make your web site outstanding.
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