Info on free-nets is available using a web browser from http://duke.usask.ca/~scottp/free.html Info on internet access providers can be obtained from http://www.thelist.com Some of the smaller local commercial providers charge as little as $10 per month (mine does) for a "shell" account. To use a shell account, you will need a terminal program, several of which can be obtained by download from the AOL software library, and an elemen- tary knowledge of a few Unix commands). Phil