Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!stb From: stb@its63b.ed.ac.uk (S Brown Royal Free) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Public Access USENET from Scotland? Message-ID: <1397@its63b.ed.ac.uk> Date: 31 May 88 18:27:24 GMT References: <5970@cup.portal.com> <56@jetson.UUCP> Reply-To: stb@its63b.ed.ac.uk Organization: Where? Lines: 16 In article <56@jetson.UUCP> john@jetson.UUCP (John Owens) writes: >I don't know the details, although Telenet's customer service should be >able to. From Scotland, he should be able to connect to a public data >network, and connect to Telenet in the US. He could then get a portal This is likely to incurr extremely high connect charges, as well as being subject to the painful problems of communicating via X.25 over satellite. A cheaper alternative would be to use a service called 'GreenNet'. Although London based, GreenNet can be reached by a local dialed call to British Telecom PSS service from most of the UK. For further information call +44 1 490 1510 or send mail to mitra@cdp.UUCPGreenNet specialises in providing mail and conferencing facilities for environmental groups, however, they're certainly worth a try if you need to send UUCP mail from the UK.