cmw1725@tamsun.tamu.edu (Christopher Walton) (01/30/91)
Could someone please e-mail me how to get onto this... I have heard a lot of things about it, and it seems like something I would be interested in. Do they charge? Is it accessable via net? ???? Christopher Walton cmw1725@tamsun.tamu.edu n074ev@tamuts.tamu.edu
cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (01/31/91)
The WELL is reached long distance (out of the SF Bay Area) vis CompuServe's Packet Network, or CPN. You dial the local CPN telephone number (get the number from Compuserve Information, an 800 phone call -- watch out!), then type WELL at the prompt, "Host Name:" (Oh yes, you must hit a return on first getting the CPN connect, to bring up the "Host Name:" prompt.) Then log in. I don't know if you can establish an account this way. I don't see why not. CPN charges the whopping side of my WELL bills. I think it's $4.50 an hour now. Still a lot cheaper than a long distance phone call, but you must factor this in with your account. Bob Jacobson