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State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3350 Nancy Duffrin Coord, Instructional Computing (516) 632-8050 01-Dec-1992 11:19am EST X-FROM: NDUFFRIN TO: Paul Kramer ( _COAACAD@UBVM.BITNET ) TO: Remote Addressee ( _edtech@ohstvma ) SUBJECT: RE: Connecting to Networks via Dialup In reply to Vicky Banks' request for information on connecting to New York networks, libraries, and gophers: Stony Brook's library catalog is accessible by a public number: (516) 632-8000, at the enter number prompt: ccvm stars (library catalog) and sbnews (campus info) can be accessed without an account. We do not have a gopher accessible by dialin. Attached is information about public access dial up services for the network and their fees. ***************************************************** The following is some information about and a list of service providers who provide Internet access for a fee to anyone who is willing to pay the fee. This list may be useful if someone wants to use the Internet and is not eligible for an account, e.g. 1) Someone not affliated with the University 2) Graduating students 3) Someone who works/studies at the University but wants do non-educational (i.e. commercial) work over the Internet and is not allowed to use Institutional resources for personal gain. The Public Dialup Internet Access List (PDIAL) ============================================== File PDIAL004.TXT -- 07 September 1992 A list of public access service providers offering dialup access to outgoing Internet connections such as FTP and telnet. Copyright 1992 Peter Kaminski. May be distributed but not sold -- see below. -> NEW EMAIL SERVER ADDRESS! Send email requests for the PDIAL to -> "info-deli-server@netcom.com" instead of "kaminski@netcom.com". -> See "How to Get" section for more details. New this edition: new email server address; sections rearranged; new "what is Internet" section. Rock CONCERT updated: add 704, signup now $50 (was $100), info available via ftp. Contents: -1- Summary: Providers With Wide Area Access -2- Summary: Area Codes For US Dialins -3- Summary: Phone Prefixes For International Dialins -4- What *Is* The Internet? -5- What The PDIAL Is -6- List of Providers -7- How People Can Get The PDIAL (This List) -8- Appendix A: Finding Public Data Network (PDN) Access Numbers -9- Copyright and Distribution Of The PDIAL; Other Notices Subject headers below are formatted so this list may be read as a digest by USENET newsreaders that support digests. Example commands: rn, "control-G" skips to next section; nn, "G%" presents as a digest. Sections may also be located by searching for the desired section number string (e.g. "-1-") from the list above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X-From: PDIAL -1- Subject: Summary: Providers With Wide Area Access PDN holonet, michnet, portal, psi-gds, psilink, well, world 800 dial-n-cerf-usa, jvnc, OARnet "PDN" means the provider is accessible through a public data network (check the listings below for which network); note that many PDNs listed offer access outside North America as well as within North America. Check with the provider or the PDN for more details. "800" means the provider is accessible via a "toll-free" US phone number. The phone company will not charge for the call, but the service provider will add a relatively large surcharge to cover the high cost of the 800 service. Other long-distance options are generally cheaper. ------------------------------ X-From: PDIAL -2- Subject: Summary: Area Codes for US Dialins If you are not local to any of these providers, it's still likely you are able to access those providers available through a public data network (PDN). Check the section abover for providers with wide area access. 201 jvnc-tiger 202 express 203 jvnc-tiger 206 halcyon 212 panix 213 dial-n-cerf, netcom 215 jvnc-tiger 216 OARnet 301 express 303 csn 310 dial-n-cerf, netcom 313 michnet, msen 401 anomaly, ids, jvnc-tiger 408 a2i, netcom, portal 410 express 415 netcom, well 419 OARnet 508 nearnet 510 dial-n-cerf, holonet, netcom 513 OARnet 516 jvnc-tiger 517 michnet 603 nearnet 609 jvnc-tiger 614 OARnet 616 michnet 617 nearnet, world 619 cyber, dial-n-cerf 703 express 704 rock-concert 714 dial-n-cerf 718 panix 719 cns, csn 818 dial-n-cerf, netcom 906 michnet 908 jvnc-tiger 919 rock-concert These are area codes local to the dialups, although some prefixes in the area codes listed may not be local to the dialups. Check your phone book or with your phone company. Most providers listed here are also accessible by packet-switched data services such as PC Pursuit ($30/month for 30 hours off-peak 2400 bps access -- call 800-736-1130 for more information), traditional long distance services, and of course telnet. ------------------------------ X-From: PDIAL -3- Subject: Summary: Phone Prefixes for International Dialins +44 (0)81 ibmpcug ------------------------------ X-From: PDIAL -4- Subject: What *Is* The Internet? The Internet is a global cooperative network of university, corporate, government, and private computers. Computers directly on the Internet can exchange data quickly and easily with any other computer on the Internet to download files, send email, provide remote logins, etc. Users can download files from publicly accessible archive sites ("anonymous FTP"); login into remote computers (telnet or rlogin); chat in real-time with other users around the world (Internet Relay Chat); or use the newest information retrieval tools to find a staggering variety of information (Wide Area Information Servers, Gopher, World Wide Web). Computers directly on the Internet also exchange email directly and very quickly; email is usually delivered in seconds between Internet sites. Sometimes the Internet is confused with other related networks or types of networking. First, there are other ways to be "connected to the Internet" without being directly connected. Some computers connect at regular intervals to an Internet site to exchange email and USENET newsgroups, for instance. Such a site can provide email (though not as quickly as a directly connected systems) and USENET access, but not Internet downloads, remote logins, etc. (Some people use a lower case "internet" to denote anything that is connected in any way to the Internet itself.) "email" (or "Internet email", "USENET email", "netmail") can be exchanged with a wide variety of systems connected to the Internet. The email may travel solely over the Internet, or it may traverse other networks and systems. "USENET" is a collection of thousands of "newsgroups" (like forums, or echos) on a wide range of topics. The newsgroup articles are distributed all over the world to USENET sites that wish to carry them (sometimes over the Internet, sometimes not), where people read and respond to them. The "NSFNET" is one of the backbones of the Internet in the US. It is funded by the NSF, which restricts traffic over the NSFNET to "open research and education in and among US research and instructional institutions, plus research arms of for-profit firms when engaged in open scholarly communication and research." Your Internet provider can give you more details about acceptable use, and alternatives should you need to use the Internet in other ways. ------------------------------ X-From: PDIAL -5- Subject: What The PDIAL Is This is a list of Internet service providers offering public access dialins and outgoing Internet access (ftp, telnet, etc.). Most of them provide email and USENET and other services as well. If one of these systems is not accessible to you and you need email or USENET access, but *don't* need ftp or telnet, you have many more public access systems from which to choose. Public access systems without ftp or telnet are *not* listed in this list, however. See the nixpub (alt.bbs, comp.misc) list and other BBS lists. Some of these providers offer time-shared access to a shell or BBS program on a computer connected directly to the Internet, through which you can FTP or telnet to other systems on the Internet. Usually other services are provided as well. Generally, you need only a modem and terminal or terminal emulator to access these systems. Check for "shell", "bbs", or "menu" on the "services" line. Other providers connect you directly to the Internet via SLIP or PPP when you dial in. For these you need a computer system capable of running the software to interface with the Internet, e.g., a Unix machine, PC, or Mac. Check for "SLIP", or "PPP" on the services line. While I have included all sites for which I have complete information, this list is surely incomplete. Please send any additions or corrections to "kaminski@netcom.com". ------------------------------ Submitted to EDTECH by Nancy Jeann Duffrin NDUFFRIN@SBCCMAIL.BITNET
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