A *permanent* e-mail address... ISPs come and go, NCF is part of our community, rock-steady and reliable
Members helping members... no ISP can offer that! It's like having a help desk staffed 24 hours a day by your friends and fellow members
An elite team of expert Spambusters to keep junk e-mail to a minimum
169 phone lines... all capable of supporting either text or graphical Web browsing access, with modem speeds from 14.4 Kbps to 28.8 Kbps
One of the best, if not *the* best, (over 13,000 newsgroups), newsfeeeds in the National Capital Region
Over 700 Special Interest Groups (NCF specific SIGs) - You can't get these anywhere else
IRC, NCF's own chat areas
Personal Web pages
Organizational Web sites and information areas
Personalized FreeNet Address (an expression of gratitude for donations of $100 or more)
A monthly newsletter called FreeNews to keep you informed about new developments/features, places to go on NCF, help columns, and more
A search engine to find information among some 50,000 documents and Web pages available on the NCF
Two hours access per day during peak hours (7:30am to 1:30am) plus, up to an additional 6 hours per day during off-peak hours (1:30am to 7:30am) Up to 243 hours per month. (sessions subject to one hour time limit)
Where else can you get all this and more, for a suggested donation of $50 per year ($4 or $5 per month)?
Christopher L. Cope, Executive Director, NCF
Jeff Bossert, Vice-president and Treasurer, NCF
Natalie Munro, Director NCF
Michael Mason, Vice-president, NCF