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From: Jons@cup.portal.com (Jonathan S Spangler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: commercial net access
Message-ID: <41993@cup.portal.com>
Date: 4 May 91 10:38:08 GMT
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>Does anyone have any information on cheap access to the internet? This
>would be used by a small research firm primarily for e-mail. Thanks
>in advance. - Joel

If you have something like PC-Pursuit, then Portal is a pretty good deal -- 
they are based in California and the cost is like $13.95/month.

It has a unique menuing system that is designed to allow someone not 
familiar much with Unix -- so no "real" shell access. At least not yet.

Still, e-mail and the Usenet news were my main goals in having access to
a Public Access Unix...

Aloha,
Jonathan