My comments:
 
 Access to the internet has become a very commercial activity here in
 europe. Official access for private persons here in Finland start at
 approximately 100 USD a month plus an extra per minute fee. If you wish
 to subscribe to a conference like BEE-L it's an extra 50 USD per month
 per conference. At least it's down from last year, then it was 450 USD.
 
 The reason I say "official" is because several BBS systems, mostly run
 by students who have hooked up with their schools host computers to
 provide their users with internet access at a more reasonable fee, are
 providing "un-official access".
 
 The terms "official" and "un-official" are from a conversation I had a
 few weeks ago with a representative of the telephone company here, during
 a presentation they where giving on their internet and www service.
 
 I asked him how they planned to compete with the less expensive
 competition. His answer was "There won't be any. These people
 who are currently abusing their their privileges will be found
 and shut down".
 
 So it's not surprising to look at a subscriber list such as the BEE-L
 list, and see that most addresses, outside the US, Canada and England,
 reference government and university servers.
 
 How ever the information generated by these internet beekeeping areas
 is considered so enlightening and informative that to restrict it to
 only a few (450 "rich :-)" subscribers) would be (in my opinion) a shame.
 
 In an effort to get these ideas, information and accumulated knowledge
 to the people who have the greatest use of it, the average Beekeeper.
 Although I have yet to meet a beekeeper who considered himself average :-)).
 
 BeeNet (Europe) maintains read only (some day I hope read/write) BEE-L,
 sci.ag.beekeeping and bombus conference areas. With the thankful
 permission of the internet area hosts.
 
 Who sponcers BEENET ?? Mainly the BeeNet Sysops.
 
 Durk Ellison
 OH2ZAS
 BeeNet: 240:2358/100
 email: [log in to unmask]
 
Access in Canada via Hookup Communications is CDN $300.00 / year for
50hrs. per month. There are no other charges. Could you access a
freenet here via Telnet, then get your email there?
[log in to unmask] is very popular. You would have to get an account
there, pay for simple access to get a local number, then telnet in to
your account.
Just thinking.....Dirk   :-)
 
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                    Dirk Emde
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                  Kitchener  On
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