BD: Re: SCN: "Free-Nets" in Los Angeles Times

[Joe Mabel]

Pulling back to where the discussion was approximately a month ago, and ignoring 
a lot of sniping since, couldn't we fulfill a lot of this need by posting 
prominently a list of free and inexpensive computing resources in the Seattle 
area? 

SCN doesn't need to PROVIDE services that are already out there. We just need to 
tell people how to find them.

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Joe Mabel

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Steve Guest wrote:

> Patrick
> Agreed - low cost affordable internet access would be great.  In fact,in
> the WA area we are lucky we still have a few options for free service.
> They are going fast.  The options are NetZero/Juno which have a 10 hour
> per month free but you must click some ads to stay alive.  Then we have
> dotnow, address, massmednet and qualguard offering variations on the free
> service theme.  Then finally we have NoCharge which is still here in WA
> alive and kicking, but all its other operations seem to have shut down for
> one reason or another.  Lastly nopay, who were the other free WA ISP, seem
> to have stopped their free service without an announcement.  The web site
> is there, but nothing about the access.
> 
> If you want better service we have accesscheap at $60 a year and 17 others
> at under $100 a year.  The challenge is that we, SCN, should not be seen
> to push one service over any other.  Apart from the possible liability
> issues, we cannot and must guarentee thrid party connections.
> 
> It depends what you are willing to put up with.  Most of these have banner
> or pop ads, no matter what the fee size and structure.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, patrick wrote:
> 
> > I think the point I had was low-cost internet service. Affordable
> > internet service.
> >
> > Not that I think SCN should go there. If it did, that would be nice,
> > but that would be a long way off anyway.
> >
> > It would be nice if Seattle had a non-profit internet service. In the
> > sense that it was paid for by the local community, users, and not
> > developed to make lots of money.
> >
> > Affordable internet service is an issue, not computers. Computers aer
> > cheap, free, but service to the internet is not free, nor is it
> > cheap.
> >
> > Unless you go to the library and use it for free.
> >
> > Having internet service for $104 a year would really put it within
> > the reach of a lot of people. Currently, at $20 a month, it's a bit
> > expensive.
> >
> > Patrick
> <snip>
> 
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