Not quite related to this message, but rather FreeWWWeb. I have heard through the FreeNET list that FreeWWWeb has filed Chapter 11 (or was it 13, one of the two numbers that I can never remember) Bankruptcy yesterday I think it was. This could be close to the end of FreeWWWeb. Matt At 7/7/00 3:13:00 AM you wrote: >On 5 Jul 2000, at 23:03, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > >> I also have a FreeWWWeb account. I've had this account for about five months >> now. I do not want to access this account frequently because there is no >> local dialup number for me. My plan is to use FreeWWWeb only as a backup > >Here in Australia, there is this free national ISP that has local calls >everywhere. I don't use it myself, but several of my friends do. The >number it dials is an 019 number (used to be analogue mobile >phone, but now this weird new number). It goes to the closest >number, costing the dialler a standard local call. Which is good >because they live ~50km away, where internet is expensive. > >I suppose its similar to our 13 number (eg 131888 is the local >Domino's Pizza, where-ever you are in Oz). :-) >Why doesn't other countries have numbers like these? > >BTW, the name is Global Freeway, and looks like it would work >with Arachne - it uses standard Windows dialup with no banners.
