From: htoaster@yabbs
To: jmacneil@yabbs
Subject: re: free acces unix
Date: Sat Oct 30 22:34:09 1993
that really depends on the access that you want (24 hours, or when 
needed), how much bandwidth, where you are, and who you are.  For the most 
part any real link (ie, slip or better) is out of the reach of people, 
unless they can get it through their university.  I get my link (I run 
this bbs) through my univeristy (Carnegie Mellon) over ethernet.  I could 
also run slip (19.2k or 14.4k), token ring, or appletalk.  Of course cmu 
tends to offer a lot more choices than most schools.

You can also get public access unix accounts that allow a person to telnet 
and ftp for pretty cheap, $15/month seems to be about the going rate these 
days (very cheap when compared to compuserve or something of the sort).  
UUCP (netnews) links are also available pretty cheaply.

htoaster