Conference 7.286::digital

    
    where is the customer @.
    
    bc
    

    If all he's looking for is email access, he should be able to get by
    with a CompuServe account (or Prodigy or America OnLine). That's
    likely to be cheaper than most other services (for small volumes of
    mail).

There are a number of newsstand computer magazines which have focused on
Internet access in recent issues.  But the suggestion to go for one of the
online services is probably the best.

				Steve

If they are NE local try the following:

   http://www.pn.com/neci/providers.html

This is a list of providers of Internet services.

    Indeed it depends on what the customer wants to do. There are a bunch
    of "Freenet" sites that provide Internet access for free. Of course you
    may be limited to Email (and then again, maybe not), but the Freenet
    network is growing. A modem and a local call in Dayton Ohio gets me
    access to "All the Gophers in the World" and a whole lot more.
    
    If you tell us where the customer is, I can try to see if there's a
    local Freenet s/he could tap into.
    
    	BD�

    My customer is 
    
    LF Pratt 
    Knoxville, Tennesee
    
    Thanks for the help!
    
    Melody

    Is there any access to FREENET from the NH. area?
    
    Barry 
    

Please take Internet questions to LJSRV2::INTERNET_TOOLS.

			Steve

    Steve,
    
    Thanks for the pointer but could you possibly tell me the note number
    for LJSRV2::Internet_Tools.  I am a beginner at this stuff but I do
    know how to get to a note with the number.
    
    Melody

Information isn't well organized there.  The best pointer I could find was
note 187.2.  However, this brings up the better suggestion of going to
a bookstore and looking through the many books on "how to connect to the
Internet", most have lists of service providers.  Also, in the back of each
issue of Computer Shopper magazine (the world's biggest) is a list of local
BBS systems, many of which advertise Internet access.

				Steve

>    A customer of mine asked how he could get an account on the Internet???   
    
    Obviously by calling someone besides us, judging by the wonderful
    responses.  
    
    If it's a personal account, have him call AOL or Prodigy or Whoever. 
    
    If it's a corporate account, you would *think* Digital would be right
    there, doing "whatever it takes", to sell the hardware, software, and
    consulting.  Maybe he'll have better luck with IBM or HP or "Fred's
    Digital Consulting and Plant Care", 'eh?  In the meantime, have tons of
    fun reading books, cruising other notesfiles, learning NOTES, etc. as
    per all the helpful suggestions.
    
    							phbbbbbffftt

You might also want to contact Russ Jones@WRL
He's the Director of the Program Office
Internet Business Group

    re -.1
    
    Now THAT was information!  Glad to see someone still remembers how to
    answer a question with an answer instead of a pointer to a pointer.
    
    								Tex

    re .10, .11
    
    Finding information in INTERNET_TOOLS is good practice for finding
    information on the Internet.

    Ouch... But true.
    
    Methought there once was a fast-search service (vtx-based reverse-
    indexing?) that could be applied to DECnotes files...  might this be of
    any use?
    

Well, we load lots of notesfiles into STARS for quick searches
and a quick look shows internet_tools among them. Yes!!!

You can find this at 

http://aztech.cxo.dec.com:1999/stars

liesl

p.s. STARS is a natural language parser so just put the words
you'd expect in the kind of note you are looking for in the
query box. 

p.s.s. And you have to open the database first but the screens
walk you through all this.

The CSC regularly 'gerbilizes' Notes conference.  Each note is one article.  
Very handy to have all the tuning products notefiles under one logical 
STARS database.


Jilly

    
    here's a couple of other names who should be able to help:
    
    rose ann giordano @LJO is the v.p. in charge of the new 
    internet business unit.  her job is to grow digital's 
    involvement and presence on the internet.
    
    dtn 226-2923	ljsrv2::giordano	[email protected]
    
    cinda george @WRL is a member in rose ann's group.  cinda 
    is located on the west coast in the research lab.
    
    dtn 543-3334	decpa::cgeorge		[email protected]
     

Subj:	#12864-Home Access To The Internet                                     1

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To:     See Below

From  Cinda George DTN: 543-3334.
  
Many of you have asked about how you may personally connect to the Internet
and access the World Wide Web out of your home.  As you probably know, there 
are numerous Internet Service providers in the market, all of whom offer 
varying degrees of access to the Internet for differing prices.  Although
Digital is not in a position to recommend or endorse any particular vendor, 
we would like to highlight two vendors that cater to Internet access out of 
the home.

NovaLink -- Special One Month Free Trial For Digital Employees

NovaLink Interactive Networks, has recently made a special offer to 
Digital's employees, customers and/or vendors that we thought you may 
wish to know about. NovaLink allows personal access to Mosaic, Internet 
and more for $9.95 per month!  Any desktop PC computer can have full 
graphical access to the Internet with SuperNova from NovaLink Interactive 
Networks.  Local access numbers are available in thousands of U.S. cities.
NovaLink offers full Internet access including support of FTP, Telnet, 
Usenet, Gopher, Veronica, Archie, and World Wide Web browsers such as Mosaic 
and Netscape. Plus... online games, discussion and information.

All for $9.95/mo., which includes five hours daytime usage. (Additional
usage $3.60/hr.) Same low price includes local dial-up, daytime usage
and high speed access.  Modem speeds of 9.6 or higher are necessary to
access Mosaic, however, a 2400 Baud or higher modem is adequate if you are
interested in merely a text access.  Novalink software can be downloaded 
to your PC and Novalink specialists will walk you thorugh any installation 
needed.  As an option, you may purchase two diskette set for local 
installation ($8.95)

Digital customers, vendors, employees and partners are eligible for a
ONE-MONTH FREE TRIAL of up to ten hours at no charge.  Call 1-800-274-2814 
and identify yourself as an employee, customer or partner taking advantage 
of the special Digital offer.
 
NETCOM On-line Communications Services

NETCOM has developed NetCruiser -- a graphical user interface for personal 
computers using Microsoft's WINDOWS operating environment.  Intended for the 
user who wants to read and send electronic mail, read and post to USENET 
newsgroups, to connect to remote computers using Telnet, to transfer text 
or image files to or from remote computers, or to browse gopherspace and 
the World Wide Web, NetCruiser allows you to click on icons or use menus 
to use these common Internet Services.  Additionally, NetCruiser users 
receive their own private, Internet email address.

NetCruiser accounts include 40 hours of prime time access at no extra charge.  
Prime time is defined as 9 am to Midnight, Monday through Friday.  If you 
accrue more than 40 prime time hours, the charge is $2.00 per hour.

   NetCruiser accounts (charged to a major credit card) ...$19.95/month
   NetCruiser setup fee ...................................$25.00

If interested, call 1-800-501-8649 and ask about a NetCruiser account.

Remember -- this is for private, home access and the cost is your personal
expense.  It is not company policy to expense home access of the Internet.
If you have questions about these personal access providers, please call
Cinda George DTN: 543-3334.
 

Though I know one doesn't normally ask this question here, this Note
seems to be a good place to start.

Is there a Notesfile that deals specifically with Internet Service providers
for personal use and discusses the pros', cons and costs. I looked thru the
Notes listing and a "search" didn't yield anything.

I'm interested in a low-cost (cheap) provider in the MA with local
connection in the greater 508 area.

Thanks for any pointers.

    .9 has the appropriate pointer.
    
    		Steve

    That is, press KP7 and LJSRV2::INTERNET_TOOLS will be automagically
    added to your NOTES$NOTEBOOK...
    
    Enjoy, & welcome!
    

    Note .20 of this string has some good suggestions.

    Check ASKENET_V5, note 140.2 regarding VNEWS.  This gives you *free*
    access to conferences ranging from ALT.PERSONALS and
    ALT.SPANK.TONYA.HARDING to Digital, travel, banking, Malaysian culture,
    cats, etc.
    
    You already have access to the Inet via e-mail.
    
    								Tex