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Article #58Re: Freenets in Canada and elsewhere
From: Larry London
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:48
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:48
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In article <1992Nov22.013800.28364@cs.sfu.ca> fass@cs.sfu.ca (Dan Fass) writes: >n article <jstewart.721493440@cunews> jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewar >t) writes: > >> Attempts are being made in several Canadian cities to setup Freenets based >> on the model of the Freenet systems currently operating in several American >> cities. Victoria and Ottawa are likely to be the first cities that put a >> Freenet into full operation. > >Could John or anyone else tell us which other Canadian cities are planning >freenets? What of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal? > > >I've compiled a list of worldwide current/planned freenets using hytelnet, >the University of Saskatoon based Internet information service, and from a >leaflet distributed by VIFA, the VIctoria Free-Net Association. Here's that >list: > >There are two freenets in Canada: > >* National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario: telnet freenet.carleton.ca or >134.117.1.12 login: guest > >* The Victoria Free-Net, Victoria, British Columbia: telnet >freenet.victoria.bc.ca available by modem at (604) 595 2300 > >There's one freenet in New Zealand: > >* Citynet, Wellington: operational, telnet access not available. > >And there are 15 freenets in the USA: > >* Big Sky Telegraph, Dillon, Montana: ``Available Fall/Winter 1992'' > >* Buffalo Free-Net, Buffalo, New York: ``Available Fall/Winter 1992'' > >* Chicago Free-Net, Chicago, Illinois: ``Should be available early 1992,'' >contact Paul Bernstein, voice: 312-951-8451, e-mail: 72466.3137@compuserve.com > >* The Cleveland FreeNet, Cleveland, Ohio: telnet hela.ins.cwru.edu or >freenet-in-a.cwru or 129.22.8.38 >login: visitor > >* Core, Seal Beach, California: ``Available Fall/Winter 1992'' > >* Denver Free-Net, Denver, Colorado: ``Available Fall/Winter 1992'' > >* The Heartland FreeNet, Peoria, Illinois: telnet heartland.bradley.edu or >136.176.5.114 login: bbguest > >* La Grande Free-Net, La Grande, Oregon: ``Should be available early 1992,'' >contact Jim Williams, voice: 503-494-6059, e-mail: williams@ohsu.edu > >* Lorain County FreeNet, Elyria, Ohio: telnet freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu or >132.162.32.99 login: guest > >* The Medina County FreeNet, Medina, Ohio: currently not available by telnet, >available by modem at (216) 723-6732 > >* Salem Free-Net, Salem, Oregon: not yet operational, contact Jim Williams, >voice: 503-494-6059, e-mail: williams@ohsu.edu > >* Santa Barbara Free-Net, Santa Barbara, California: ``Should be available >early 1992,'' contact: Timothy Tyndall, voice: 805-962-0129, e-mail: >3000rain@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu > >* Sendit, Fargo, North Dakota: telnet sendit.nodak.edu or 134.129.105.1 >login: bbs Password: sendit2me Login as visitor > >* Tri-State Online, Cincinnati, Ohio: telnet tso.uc.edu or 129.137.100.1 >login: visitor > >* The Youngstown Free-Net, Youngstown, Ohio: telnet yfn.ysu.edu or >192.55.234.27 login: visitor > > >Thanks, > >- Dan Fass
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Newsgroups: triangle.freenet Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!concert!samba!sunSITE!london From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London) Subject: Re: Freenets in Canada and elsewhere Message-ID: <1992Nov22.044814.9673@samba.oit.unc.edu> Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: sunsite.unc.edu Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill References: <jstewart.721493440@cunews> <1992Nov22.013800.28364@cs.sfu.ca> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:48:14 GMT Lines: 82