Free Internet Services

Aardvark http://www.aardvark.co.uk/
resellers of ConnectFree (see below)

Arsenal FC http://www.arsenal.co.uk/

Barrysworld http://www.barrysworld.com/

Bigwig.net http://www.bigwig.net/
01509 651451

Breathe net http://www.breathe.co.uk/breathenet
0800 500150

BTClickFree

Cable and Wireless http://www.cwcom.co.uk/
Internet Lite http://www.cwc.com/
0800 358 3858 Start subscription of £10, then free support

CallNet http://www.callnetuk.com/
0171 335 8300

ConnectFree http://www.connectfree.co.uk/
Does not support V90 modems yet, web good and fast, news server slow, first number that you connect with is the one you have to use. 0702 115 2525

Free4All http://www.free4all.co.uk/
01303 775500 Fast access so far...

Free4Life http://www.freeforlife.co.uk/
01908 378999

Freenet http://www.freenet.co.uk/ Techical support for 50p/min, supports V90, good for ISDN, may get engaged tones. May require caller id, Some problems connecting 01329 828000

Free-Online http://www.free-online.net/
0870 7060 511

Freeserve http://www.freeserve.net/
owned by Dixons, can play havoc with existing Internet configurations, 50p per min support, some engaged tmes in evenings. 0990 500049
Grimethorpe EVH supports Freeserve for free (but only via email at the moment) at johnf@gevh-tech-support.freeserve.co.uk

Freezone http://www.freezone.co.uk/
0870 744 1111

Free UK http://www.freeuk.com/
0900 9000 900

IAX http://www.iax.net/
01932 403020

Public Online http://www.publiconline.net/
0845 0845 0845

SoftNET FREE http://www.softnetfree.co.uk/
0890 120 4000

Telinco http://www.telinco.co.uk/
Charges a one-off connection fee 0800 542 0800

themail http://www.themail.co.uk/
01424 830907

Tesco Net.

Toys 'R' Us http://www.toysrus.co.uk/
0800 496 0700

UK Fantastic http://www.ukfantastic.net/

Virgin http://www.virgin.net/
Tech suppot options a) £5.99/month unlimited or b) £1 a minute

X-Stream Network http://www.x-stream.com/
0870 730 6466

• http://www.cybercity.hko.net/
• http://www.wowmail.com/
• GeoCities http://www.geocities.com/
  Lots of adverts; get around pop-up windows for users by putting  <NOSCRIPT> in your files

Web-based Email
Useful for keeping one address just for yourself if you use a public access point, a work computer or are travelling - just log in from any Internet-ready computer.

• http://www.eudoramail.com/
• http://www.hotmail.com/
• http://www.bigfoot.com/
• http://www.lycosemail.com/
• http://www.usa.net/
• http://www.yahoo.com/
• http://www.rocketmail.com/

Collecting this email is time consuming and can be more expensive as you have to remain online.
C-WebMail, lets you download mail from a free, online account at Yahoo! or Hotmail, and import it into your regular mail client (Eudora, Outlook, Pegasus, etc.) http://www.cwebmail.com/

Web Space

• http://www.tripod.com/
• http://www.xoom.com/
• http://www.angelfire.com/

Unomail http://www.unosoft.com/ lets you collect mail from various accounts

Any comments?

Please let us know of your experiences and we'll add it to our list

"Neither Freenet nor ConnectFree have ever answered an email from me :-(."

Thanks to Simon Turner of NTD, Mark Cole kram@polonez.freeserve.co.uk, Mark Walker mark@scip.org.uk, Justin Daw justin_d@mistral.co.uk, Paul Douglas pauld@paragon.co.uk for support in producing this list