Is internet easily accessable?
At universities, a system known as JANET (the one that brought you backwards email addresses, such as edu.berkeley.garnet) used to be primary network carrier, but now most universities have moved to becoming full-fledged members of the internet. Most machines have IP addresses and can be telnetted and ftp’d to and from. However, vestiges of JANET remain, and network communications can sometimes be a bit baroque as a result. USENET newsfeeds are available at many universities, but not all the groups available in the US are available here. Most or all of the entire “alt.” hierarchy, for example, is not available at many sites. There are internet providers which can be reached by dialup for a monthly charge. The prices I’ve heard sound very reasonable, but if you don’t live in a town that has an access number, your phone bills will be huge. The company that seems to be the most popular is Demon Internet Services, pho ne 081-349 0063, email internet@demon.co.uk. You can probably find the n
