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to Cleveland Free-Net. Users can "link" to the larger Cleveland system
for additional services. Full access (including access to e-mail) requires
completion of a written application. Free. Voice: (216) 366-4200.
Medina. Medina Free-Net, (216) 723-6732, 225-6732 or 335-6732.
Users can "link" to the larger Cleveland Free-Net for additional
services. Full access (including access to e-mail) requires completion of
a written application. Free. Youngstown. Youngstown Free-Net, (216)
742-3072. Users can "link" to the Cleveland system for services not
found locally. Full access (including access to e-mail) requires
completion of a written application. Free. ONTARIO Ottawa. National
Capital FreeNet, (613) 780-3733 or (613) 564-3600. Free, but requires
completion of a written form for access to all services.
Toronto. UUNorth. Call voice number below for local dial-in numbers.

$20 startup fee; $25 for 20 hours a month of offpeak use. Voice: (416)
225-8649. Toronto. Internex Online, (416) 363-3783. Both Unix and
menus. $40 a year for one hour a day. Voice: (416) 363-8676.
OREGON Portland. Agora, (503) 293-1772 (2400 bps), (503)
293-2059 (9600 bps or higher). Log on as: apply. $6 a month for one
hour per day. Portland. Teleport, (503) 220-0636 (2400 bps); (503)
220-1016 (9600 and higher). Log on as: new. $10 a month for one hour
per day. Voice: (503) 223-4245.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh. Telerama, (412) 481-5302. $6 for 10
hours a month, 60 cents for each additional hour. Voice: (412)
481-3505.
QUEBEC Montreal. Communications Accessibles Montreal, (514)
931-7178 (9600 bps); (514) 931-2333 (2400 bps). $25 a month. Voice:
(514) 931-0749. RHODE ISLAND East Greenwich. IDS World
Network, (401) 884-9002. In addition to Usenet, has conferences from
the Fidonet and RIME networks. $10 a month; $50 for six months;
$100 for a year.
Providence/Seekonk. Anomaly, (401) 331-3706. $125 for six months
or $200 a year. Educational rate of $75 for six months or $125 a year.
Voice: (401) 273-4669.
TEXAS
Austin. RealTime Communications, (512) 459-4391. Log on as: new.
$75 a year. Voice: (512) 451-0046.
Dallas. Texas Metronet, (214) 705-2901; (817) 261-1127. Log on as:
info or signup. $10 to $35 setup fee, depending on service; $10 to $45 a
month, depending on service. Voice: (214) 705-2900 or (817)
543-8756.
Houston. The Black Box, (713) 480-2686. $21.65 a month. Voice: (713)
480-2684.

VIRGINIA Norfolk/Peninsula. Wyvern Technologies, (804) 627-1828
(Norfolk); (804) 886-0662 (Peninsula). $10 startup fee; $15 a month or
$144 a year. Voice: (804) 622-4289. WASHINGTON, DC The Meta
Network. Call voice number below for local dial-in numbers. Caucus
conferencing, menus. $15 setup fee; $20 a month. Voice: (703)
243-6622.
CapAccess, (202), 784-1523. Log on as guest with a password of
visitor. A Free-Net system (see under Cleveland, Ohio, for information).
Free. Voice: (202) 994-4245. See also: listing under Baltimore, MD for
Express Access and Clarknet. WASHINGTON STATE Seattle.
Halcyon, (206) 382-6245. Users can choose between menus and Unix.
Log on as: new. $10 setup fee; $60 a quarter or $200 a year. Voice:
(206) 955-1050. Seattle. Eskimo North, (206) 367-3837 (all speeds),
(206) 362-6731 (9600/14.4K bps). $10 a month or $96 a year. Voice:
(206) 367-7457.
UNITED KINGDOM
London. Demon Internet Systems, 44 (0)81 343 4848. 12.50 setup fee;
10 a month or 132.50 a year. Voice: 44 (0)81 349 0063
1.4 IF YOUR TOWN HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS
If you don't live in an area with a public-access site, you'll still be able
to connect to the Net. Several services offer access through national
data networks such as the CompuServe Packet Network and SprintNet,
which have dozens, even hundreds of local dial-in numbers across the
country. These include Holonet in Berkeley, Calf., Portal in Cupertino,
Calf., the WELL in Sausalito, Calf., Dial 'N CERF in San Diego, Calf.,
the World in Brookline, Mass., and Michnet in Ann Arbor, Mich. Dial
'N CERF offers access through an 800 number. Expect to pay from $2
to $12 an hour to use these networks, above each provider's basic
charges. The exact amount depends on the network, time of day and
type of modem you use. For more information, contact the above
services.
Four other providers deliver Net access to users across the country:

Delphi, based in Cambridge, Mass., is a consumer-oriented network
much like CompuServe or America Online -- only it now offers
subscribers access to Internet services. Delphi charges: $3 a month for
Internet access, in addition to standard charges. These are $10 a month
for four hours of off-peak (non-working hours) access a month and $4
an hour for each additional hour or $20 for 20 hours of access a month
and $1.80 an hour for each additional hour. For more information, call
(800) 695-4005.
BIX (the Byte Information Exchange) offers FTP, Telnet and e-mail
access to the Internet as part of their basic service. Owned by the same
company as Delphi, it also offers 20 hours of access a month for