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- From: dbowman@warp (Don A. Bowman)
- Subject: Re: FREE worldwide network access in Canada??
- Message-ID: <Bxvsz0.7rt@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- References: <1992Nov15.090012.10461@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:25:48 GMT
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- Mike Plante (plante@spang.Camosun.BC.CA) wrote:
- : In article <g1P5TB1w165w@cithara.uucp> william@cithara.uucp (William Ross) writes:
- : >twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
- : >
- : >>
- : >> Hello all. I just got an email from someone I used to know on a local
- : >> BBS who said that he just heard about a service that will be starting up
- : >> in Canada called "Free Net". It's supposed to give "anyone with a
- : >> computer and a modem" "free worldwide network access and services"....
- : >> by this I take it means internet access. Supposedly, the government and
- : >> private industry is putting up 200 grands to get this going and it's
- : >
- : >Hmmm, That sounds good, though I wonder what the folks at Performance
- : >Systems would have to say? Just got off the telephone with my
- : >brother-in-law in B.C and he remarked that virtually everything on the
- : >West Coast, bbs and usenet wize, is a pay as you go thing, a sad state of
- : >affairs indeed. I'd certaily like to know more about *Freenet* comming
- : >to Canada and is it connected with the Freenet organization that
- : >operates out of Cleveland in the good ol U.S.A?
- : >
- : >
- :
- : The Victoria Freenet Association will be having their official opening on
- : November 17th. The system is currently running and being setup. It's a
- : SPARCstation-2 (donated by Sun Canada) and currently housed by Camosun
- : College, and uses their Internet connection. The Freenet will offer free
- : e-mail to the Internet and Usenet access. Other services are planned and
- : will be incorporated into the user menu system.
- :
- : For more information on the Victoria Freenet send e-mail to:
- :
-
- The Ottawa-Carelton freenet is starting up now, on a sparc-10. Telnet to
- freenet.carleton.ca and login as guest for more information.
-
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- Don Bowman (519) 744-6154 dbowman@zeus.uwaterloo.ca
-