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SanjaySheth · 4 May 2003, 05:11 PM

I think the various freenets have been around since early 1990/1991. They started off with free shell accounts for accessing email and usenet.

Here's a list (circa December '93) which shows the large # of freenets already operating by that time: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/ICG...tml#freenets11

I think I signed up for my first "Internet" account with the Prarienet back in 1990.

4 May 2003, 05:11 PM	#20
SanjaySheth Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,079	I think the various freenets have been around since early 1990/1991. They started off with free shell accounts for accessing email and usenet. Here's a list (circa December '93) which shows the large # of freenets already operating by that time: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/ICG...tml#freenets11 I think I signed up for my first "Internet" account with the Prarienet back in 1990.