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Telnet to Free Net Sites

Cleveland Freenet or CFN (T)
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Denver FreeNet (T)
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Buffalo FreeNet (T)
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Freenet Erlangen-Nuernberg (T)
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Toronto Freenet - over 13000 News Groups (T)
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Free Net Site's Web Pages

Organization For Community Networks
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Free-Nets and Community Networks
... A global listing of freenets on the Web.

Naples (FL) (W)
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SCN (W)
... Seattle Community Network.

Littleton Community Network
... Littleton, Colorado.

Victoria Free-Net
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PrairieNet (W)
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TRFN ... Three Rivers Free-Net of Pittsburgh, PA.

Nyx of the night in Denver (W)
Nyx Login (Java-based)
Nyx Login (T)
Nyx Tutorials
... Nyx, the world's oldest free public-access Internet Service Provider (ISP), is a independent volunteer and donation-supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax exempt organization dedicated to providing free internet access with email, uncensored newsfeed, ad-free webspace, and access to the unix shell and even Unix programming and development tools for noncommercial use for personal, educational, charitable, literary, scientific purposes, and research purposes; business or commercial use is not permitted.

News Groups (Usenet)

alt.freenet

alt.online-service.freenet