Finding Local Providers of Internet Access
In late 1992, the National Science Foundation selected three organizations to provide and coordinate certain services to the Internet community. General Atomics in San Diego contracted to provide information services, AT&T to provide directory and databa
se services, and Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) to provide registration services. Together these are known as the InterNIC project.
For example, the "InfoSource" is a collection of information designed to make finding out about the Internet easier. There are sections for getting started and for general information, which may be of interest to everyone. To access the Info-Source, sen
d an e-mail message to . In the body of the message, type: send help. You will receive complete instructions for using all the commands available from the InfoSource mail-server.
Another service that InterNIC provides is informing people of all current providers of Internet access. If you would like to have such a list for your region of the country, send an e-mail message to the same address as above, but in the body of the mess
age, type: send /faq/internet-access-provider-list.
You can also Gopher to: is.internic.net. Or you can call (800) 444-4345 for help.
This article is from the April 1994 issue of
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Last updated: October 1994
