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your mailbox. IRC: Internet Relay Chat, a CB simulator that lets you
have live keyboard chats with people around the world. However, even
on systems that do not provide these services directly, you will be able
to use a number of them through telnet (see
Chapter 6
). In the list that follows, systems that let you access services through
menus are noted; otherwise assume that when you connect, you'll be
dumped right into Unix (a.k.a. MS-DOS with a college degree). Several
of these sites are available nationwide through national data networks
such as the CompuServe Packet Network and SprintNet.
Please note that all listed charges are subject to change. Many sites
require new or prospective users to log on a particular way on their first
call; this list provides the name you'll use in such cases.
ALABAMA
Huntsville. Nuance. Call voice number for modem number. $35 setup;
$25 a month. Voice: (205) 533-4296. ALASKA
Anchorage. University of Alaska Southeast, Tundra Services, (907)
789-1314; has local dial-in service in several other cities. $20 a month.
Voice: (907) 465-6453.
ALBERTA Edmonton. PUCNet Computer Connections, (403)
484-5640. Log on as: guest. $10 setup fee; $25 for 20 hours a month
plus $6.25 an hour for access to ftp and telnet. Voice: (403) 448-1901.
ARIZONA
Tucson. Data Basics, (602) 721-5887. $25 a month or $180 a year.
Voice: (602) 721-1988.
Phoenix/Tucson. Internet Direct, (602) 274-9600 (Phoenix); (602)
321-9600 (Tucson). Log on as: guest. $20 a month. Voice: (602)

274-0100 (Phoenix); (602) 324-0100 (Tucson).
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Victoria Victoria Free-Net, (604) 595-2300. Menus. Access to all
features requires completion of a written form. Users can "link" to
other Free-Net systems in Canada and the United States. Free. Log on
as: guest Voice: (604) 389-6026.
CALIFORNIA Berkeley. Holonet. Menus. For free trial, modem
number is (510) 704-1058. For information or local numbers, call the
voice number. $60 a year for local access, $2 an hour during offpeak
hours. Voice: (510) 704-0160. Cupertino. Portal. Both Unix and menus.
(408) 725-0561 (2400 bps); (408) 973-8091 (9600/14,400 bps). $19.95
setup fee, $19.95 a month. Voice: (408) 973-9111. Irvine. Dial N'
CERF. See under San Diego. Los Angeles/Orange County. Kaiwan
Public Access Internet, (714) 539-5726; (310) 527-7358. $15 signup;
$11 a month (credit card). Voice: (714) 638-2139.
Los Angeles. Dial N' CERF. See under San Diego. Oakland. Dial N'
CERF. See under San Diego.
Pasadena. Dial N' CERF See under San Diego.
Palo Alto. Institute for Global Communications., (415) 322-0284. Unix.
Local conferences on environmental/peace issues. Log on as: new. $10
a month and $3 an hour after first hour. Voice: (415) 442-0220.
San Diego. Dial N' CERF USA, run by the California Education and
Research Federation. Provides local dial-up numbers in San Diego, Los
Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena and Irvine. For more information, call
voice (800) 876-CERF or (619) 534-5087. $50 setup fee; $20 a month
plus $5 an hour ($3 on weekends). Voice: (800) 876-2373.
San Diego. CTS Network Services, (619) 637-3660. Log on as: help.
$15 set-up fee, monthly fee of $10 to $23 depending on services used.
Voice: (619) 637-3637. San Diego. Cyberspace Station, (619)
634-1376. Unix. Log on as: guest. Charges: $10 sign-up fee; $15 a

month or $60 for six months.
San Francisco. Pathways, call voice number for number. Menus. $25
setup fee; $8 a month and $3 an hour. Voice: (415) 346-4188.
San Jose. Netcom, (510) 865-9004 or 426-6610; (408) 241-9760; (415)
424-0131, up to 9600 bps. Unix. Maintains archives of Usenet postings.
Log on as: guest. $15 startup fee and then $17.50 a month for unlimited
use if you agree to automatic billing of your credit-card account
(otherwise $19.50 a month for a monthly invoice). Voice: (408)
554-UNIX. San Jose. A2i, (408) 293-9010. Log on as: guest. $20 a
month; $45 for three months; $72 for six months. Sausalito. The Whole
Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL), (415) 332- 6106. Uses moderately
difficult Picospan software, which is sort of a cross between Unix and a
menu system. New users get a written manual. More than 200
WELL-only conferences. Log on as: newuser. $15 a month plus $2 an
hour. Access through the nationwide CompuServe Packet Network
available for another $4.50 an hour. Voice: (415) 332-4335. Recorded
message about the system's current status: (800) 326-8354 (continental
U.S. only). COLORADO Colorado Springs/Denver. CNS, (719)
570-1700 (Colorado Springs); (303) 758-2656 (Denver). Local
calendar listings and ski and stock reports. Users can choose between
menus or Unix. Log on as: new. $35 setup fee; $2.75 an hour
(minimum fee of $10 a month). Voice: (719) 592- 1240.
Colorado Springs. Old Colorado City Communications, (719) 632-
4111. Log on as: newuser. $25 a month. Voice: (719) 632-4848.
Denver. Denver Free-Net, (303) 270-4865. Menus. Access to all
services requires completion of a written form. Users can "link" to
other Free-Net systems across the