What facilities are available in the UK by packet ?
Most user-level packet is at 1200baud with some linking still at 1200baud but moving to 9600baud, or beyond. At this data rate, little more than BBS access is possible although the DX Cluster network for notification of DX is very strong in some areas. TCP/IP (and its related servers) are established in some areas but there is by no means a national TCP/IP network.