********************************************************************** NOTE: This file contains two lists of Internet access providers for private users. Some of this information may be redundant. Please understand that this information is being provided 'as is', and that inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement of the service provided. ********************************************************************** LIMITED REFERRAL LIST Network Providers for Low-Volume Users NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) 25 September 1992 Service Types: EM - Electronic Mail IP - Dialup IP including TELNET, FTP and possibly other services PDN - Access to Provider Is Available over Public Data Networks U - USENET news ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Provider City, State Service Type Service Area Contact Name Phone Number E-Mail Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWORKS OFFERING DIALUP IP ACCESS TO THE INTERNET CERFnet San Diego, CA EM/IP Western US&Int CERFnet Hotline (800) 876-2373 help@cerf.net (619) 455-3900 CICnet Ann Arbor, MI EM/IP Midwest US (MN WI IA IN IL MI OH) John Hankins (313) 998-6102 hankins@cic.net ICM - International Connections Manager Herndon, VA EM/IP International Robert Collet (703) 904-2230 rcollet@icm1.icp.net JVNCnet - Global Enterprise Services, Inc. Princeton, NJ EM/IP US&Int (800) 35-TIGER info@jvnc.net (609) 258-2400 MSEN, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI EM/IP Michigan (MI) Owen Medd (313) 741-1120 info@msen.com NEARnet Cambridge, MA EM/IP Northeastern US (ME NH VT CT RI MA) John Curran (617) 873-8730 nearnet-join@nic.near.net NevadaNet Las Vegas, NV EM/IP U Nevada (NV) Don Zitter (702) 784-6133 zitter@nevada.edu NYSERnet Syracuse, NY EM/IP New York (NY) Jim Luckett (315) 443-4120 info@nysernet.org OARnet Columbus, OH EM/IP PDN Ohio (OH) Alison Brown (614) 292-8100 alison@oar.net PSINet Performance Systems International Reston, VA EM/IP U US&Int (800) 82PSI82 info@psi.com INTERNET HOSTS OFFERING TERMINAL DIALUP TO AN IP HOST Alternet (UUNET) Falls Church, VA EM/IP U US&Int UUNET (800) 4UU-NET3 alternet-info@uunet.uu.net Colorago Supernet, Inc. Golden, CO EM/IP (CO) residents or businesses only David Menges (303) 273-3471 dcm@csn.org DIGEX - Digital Express Group Greenbelt, MD EM/IP U (DC), Baltimore area (MD) Douglas Humphrey (301) 220-2020 doug@digex.com HOLONET - Information Access Technologies, Inc. Berkeley, CA EM/IP U PDN (CA) US&Int Arthur Britto (510) 740-0160 FAX: (510) 704-8019 info@holonet.net M-Net Public Access Unix Ann Arbor, MI EM/IP FREE Michigan (MI) modem: (313) 994-6333, 996-4644 telnet: m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us NYX Public Access Unix System Denver, CO EM/IP U FREE Denver area (CO) Andrew Burt telnet nyx.cs.du.edu modem: (303) 871-3324 (2400 b); (303) 871-4770 (1200 b) (303) 871-4824 (2400 b); (303)871-2812 (1200 b) PANIX - Public Access Unix of New York New York, NY EM/IP (NY) Alexis Rosen (212) 877-4854 alexis@panix.com PORTAL Communications Cupertino. CA EM PDN US&Int John Little (408) 973-9111 jel@corp.portal.com UKnet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Canterbury, England, UK EM International UKnet Support +44-227-475497 postmaster@uknet.ac.uk uknet.ac.uk is the domain for the University of Kent, England, UK World, The - Software Tool & Die Brookline, MA EM/IP U PDN US Barry Shein (617) 739-0202 bzs@skuld.std.com WELL - Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link Sausalito, CA EM/IP U PDN SF Bay Area (CA) (800) 326-8354 support@well.sf.ca.us (415) 332-4335 EMAIL HOSTS WITH GATEWAYS TO THE INTERNET Anterior Technology Meno Park, CA EM U Radiomail California (CA) Geoffrey Good- (415) 328-5615 geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us fellow (415) 325-7335 AT&T MAIL (EASYLINK) South Plainsfield, NJ EM PDN US (800) MAIL-672 postmaster@attmail.com CompuServe EM PDN US&Int Columbus, OH (614) 457-8600 Please communicate by phone. DASNET (See IGC) FidoNet Scottsdale, AZ EM US&Int David Dodell Fax: (602) 451-1165 hostmaster@fidonet.fidonet.org Please communicate by FAX or email only. GeoNet Mailbox Systems EM Germany (See also IGC) +49 6673 18881 postmaster@GEO5.GEOMAIL.ORG (check) ICG - Institute for Global Communications San Francisco, CA EM PDN US&Int (415) 442-0220 igc.org NetCom - Online Communication Services San Jose, CA EM SF Bay Area (CA) (408) 554-8649 info@netcom.com OMNET Boston, MA EM PDN US&Int (617) 244-4333 Please communicate by phone. REFERENCES TO OTHER NETWORK PROVIDER LISTS To get documents in the NNSC Info Server, send email to "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net" with text: request: nsfnet topic: (as shown below) 1) Available on the Internet: "Peter Kaminski" "Public Dialup Internet Access List (PDIAL)" To order: Send email with the subject "Send PDIAL" to "info-deli-server@netcom.com". Also order from the NNSC Info-Server, topic: pdial SRI Network Information Systems Center "Internet-access-providers-US.txt" and "Internet-access-providers-non-US.txt" Use anonymous ftp to ftp. nisc.sri.com, cd "netinfo". These files are chapters from the book "Internet: Getting Started" (see below). "Phil Eschallier" "nixpub lons listing - Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites [both Fee and No Fee] Bux Technical Services -- Doylestown, PA from Usenet Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc,comp.misc Also order from the NNSC Info-Server Topic: nixpub 2) Available in book form: Ed Krol, "User's Guide & Catalog" "Appendix A. Getting Connection to the Internet" September 1992. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA 95472. pp 333-348. SRI Network Information Systems Center "Internet: Getting Started". Call (415) 859-6387 for more information. ****************************************************************************** NETWORK PROVIDER REFERRAL LIST NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) 16 October 1992 The NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) often receives the initial calls from sites wishing to connect to the Internet. The NNSC refers such callers to the appropriate contacts for any networks which might be able to serve them. The current list of contacts used by NNSC for this purpose follows. If you have any updates or corrections to this information, please send a message to nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Service Area Contact Name Phone Number Mail Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providers Based in the United States of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternet US and International UUNET (800) 4UUNET3 alternet-info@uunet.uu.net ANS US and International Joel Maloff (313) 663-7610 info@ans.net BARRNet Northern/Central California (CA) Paul Baer (415) 723-7520 info@nic.barrnet.net CERFnet Western US and International CERFnet Hotline (800) 876-2373 help@cerf.net (619) 455-3900 CICnet Midwest US (MN, WI, IA, IN, IL, MI, OH) John Hankins (313) 998-6102 hankins@cic.net CO Supernet Colorado (CO) Ken Harmon (303) 273-3475 kharmon@csn.org CONCERT North Carolina (NC) Joe Ragland (919) 248-1404 jrr@concert.net International Connections Manager (ICM) International Robert Collet (703) 904-2230 rcollet@icm1.icp.net INet Indiana (IN) Dick Ellis (812) 855-4240 ellis@ucs.indiana.edu JVNCnet US and International Sergio Heker (800) 35TIGER market@jvnc.net Allison Pihl Los Nettos Los Angeles Area (CA) Ann Westine Cooper (310) 822-1511 los-nettos-request@isi.edu MichNet/Merit Michigan (MI) Jeff Ogden (313) 764-9430 jogden@merit.edu MIDnet Mid US (NE, OK, AR, MO, IA, KS, SD) Dale Finkelson (402) 472-5032 dmf@westie.unl.edu MRnet Minnesota (MN) Dennis Fazio (612) 342-2570 dfazio@mr.net MSEN Michigan (MI) Owen Medd (313) 998-4562 info@msen.com NEARnet Northeastern US (ME NH VT CT RI MA) John Curran (617) 873-8730 nearnet-join@nic.near.net netILLINOIS Illinois (IL) Joel L. Hartman (309) 677-3100 joel@bradley.bradley.edu NevadaNet Nevada (NV) Don Zitter (702) 784-6133 zitter@nevada.edu NorthwestNet Northwestern US (WA OR ID MT ND WY AK) Eric Hood (206) 562-3000 ehood@nwnet.net NYSERnet New York (NY) Jim Luckett (315) 443-4120 info@nysernet.org OARnet Ohio (OH) Alison Brown (614) 292-8100 alison@oar.net PACCOM Hawaii (HI) and Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong Torben Nielsen (808) 956-3499 torben@hawaii.edu PREPnet Pennsylvania (PA) Thomas Bajzek (412) 268-7870 twb+@andrew.cmu.edu PSCNET Eastern US (PA, OH, WV) Eugene Hastings (412) 268-4960 pscnet-admin@psc.edu PSINet US and International PSI, Inc. (800) 82PSI82 info@psi.com (703) 620-6651 SDSCnet San Diego Area (CA) Paul Love (619) 534-5043 loveep@sds.sdsc.edu Sesquinet Texas (TX) Farrell Gerbode (713) 527-4988 farrell@rice.edu SprintLink US and International Bob Doyle (703) 904-2230 bdoyle@icm1.icp.net SURAnet Southeastern US (WV, VA, SC, NC, TN, KY, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL) Deborah J. Nunn (301) 982-4600 marketing@sura.net THEnet Texas (TX) Tracy LaQuey Parker (512) 471-2444 tracy@utexas.edu VERnet Virginia (VA) James Jokl (804) 924-0616 jaj@virginia.edu Westnet Western US (AZ, CO, ID, NM, UT, WY) Pat Burns (303) 491-7260 pburns@yuma.acns.colostate.edu WiscNet Wisconsin (WI) Tad Pinkerton (608) 262-8874 tad@cs.wisc.edu WVNET West Virginia (WV) Harper Grimm (304) 293-5192 cc011041@wvnvms.wvnet.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Providers Based in Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARnet Alberta Walter Neilson (403) 450-5188 neilson@TITAN.arc.ab.ca BCnet British Columbia Mike Patterson (604) 822-3932 Mike_Patterson@mtsg.ubc.ca MBnet Manitoba Gerry Miller (204) 474-8230 miller@ccm.UManitoba.ca AccessNB New Brunswick David MacNeil (506) 453-4573 DGM@unb.ca NLnet Newfoundland and Labrador Wilf Bussey (709) 737-8329 wilf@kean.ucs.mun.ca NSTN Nova Scotia Michael Martineau (902) 468-NSTN martinea@hawk.nstn.ns.ca ONet Ontario Andy Bjerring (519) 661-2151 bjerring@uwovax.uwo.ca PEINet Prince Edward Island Jim Hancock (902) 566-0450 hancock@upei.ca RISQ Quebec Bernard Turcotte (514) 340-5700 turcotte@crim.ca SASK#net Saskatchewan Dean C. Jones (306) 966-4860 jonesdc@admin.usask.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Providers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AARNet Australia AARNet Support +61 6 249 3385 aarnet@aarnet.edu.au UKnet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UKnet Support +44-227-475497 postmaster@uknet.ac.uk EUnet Europe, CIS-region, and Northern Africa EUnet Support +31 20 592-5124 glenn@eu.net Pipex United Kingdom Richard Nuttall (RN131) +44 223 424616 sales@pipex.net ====================================================================== |==============================================================| | Harry Goodman | Editor and Senior Producer | | Your Expanding InfoSphere: CommonSense ComputerTalk | | PO Box 808 | Sausalito, CA 94966-0808 | | Internet: goodman@igc.apc.org | Voice: 1-415-332-5945 | |==============================================================|