CANADIAN COMMUNITY NETWORKS DIRECTORY
**WARNING** This direcory is obsolete
(Updated to May 6, 1995)
The Directory is organized by province/territory, reading geographically
from West to East across Canada. Within each province/territory, the
lisings are in alphabetic order, beginning with a preface note on
province/territory focal points for support of community network
development where these exist.
As of May 6, 1995, The 93 listings in this Directory show that 26
community networks were in full operation, and an additional 67 were in
various stages of organizing. The 9 operating community networks that
provided membership statistics show a total membership base of 116,500.
It seems reasonable to assume a Canada wide membership of
approximately 170,000 for all 26 operating community nets.
Please send corrections and additions to:
Garth Graham (aa127@freenet.carleton.ca)
Special thanks for assistance to Michael Gillespie, Claire Harrison, Roger
Hart, Andrew Kuczer, Marion Pape, and Gareth Shearman
NATIONAL AGENCIES
TELECOMMUNITIES CANADA
Home page at:
http://www.freenet.mb.ca/tc/index.html
In August 1994, over 40 Canadian community network associations and
Free-Nets came together for a conference in Ottawa. They recommended
the formation of a national association, Telecommunities Canada, to
support their common interests in the development of the Canadian
community networks movement. The Interim Board of Telecommunities
Canada, elected at the founding meeting, is working to implement the
national association, to articulate a national strategy for the development
of electronic community networking in Canada, and to meet community
network needs for a national voice. Members of the Interim Board are:
Michael Gillespie (michaelg@freenet.mb.ca)
Roger Hart (rh@teleconsult.com)
Andre Laurendeau (andrel@pubnix.qc.ca )
Kevin Alexander James Nugent (aa006@cfn.cs.dal.ca)
Gareth R. Shearman (shearman@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
David Sutherland (aaoo1@freenet carleton.ca)
Lynda J. Williams (lynda@freenet.unbc.edu)
Asssociations with an interest in becoming members of Telecommunities
Canada should contact:
Michael Gillespie (michaelg@freenet.mb.ca)
CAN-FREENET
There is an unmoderated mailserver for discussions of Canadian
community networking issues. To join, send a message to:
listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca
with the line
subscribe Can-Freenet Firstname Lastname
in the body of the message.
If you wish to unsubscribe, send a message to:
listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca
with the line
Unsubscribe Can-Freenet
COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE, INDUSTRY CANADA
The objective of this Directorate is to accelerate the introduction of new
and advanced, communications-enabled services - for the benefit of all
Canadians. Their focus is on non-commercial services in areas such as
healthcare, education, public information (including library services), and
community network access. Their thrust is toward increased awareness,
involving: planning initiatives, pilots, demonstrations, and studies. The
community networks contact is:
Karen Walker, Senior Policy Officer (walkerk@cp.istc.ca)
613-990-4497
SCHOOLNET COMMUNITY ACCESS PROJECT (CAP)
The next four year phase (1995 - 99) of SchoolNet funding includes $22
million for the SCHOOLNET COMMUNITY ACCESS PROJECT to "provide up to
1,000 rural communities with access to the information highway." The
project is to assist the emergence of, "a national network of community
access sites connected to the Internet," by giving a priority to the needs of
remote isolated communities. There is an expectation that these initially
physical sites (what community nets mean by "public access terminals")
will become "the freenets of rural Canada."
Information about proposal terms-of-reference is currently being
distributed across Canada, provincial selection committees are being
established, and SchoolNet, CANARIE, and Industry Canada all have staff in
place to administer this project. Communities that create physical site
project proposals (first year deadline, Oct 31/95)to tap these funds can
most certainly; seek out community network experience, connect to
community network content and services, and partner with existing
community networks in project development. Proposals can up to $30,000
per grant, although several communities could combine to raise this level.
For information contact:
Industry Canada (comaccess@istc.ca)
1-800-268-6608
The SCHOOLNET COMMUNITY ACCESS PROJECT laison personnel are:
Tyler R. Burns, Director, Services Division
tburns@schoolnet.carleton.ca
tburns@ingenia.com
Ingenia Communcations Corp.
2-44 Grove Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3A6
Tel: 788-2600 x 8288
Fax: 788-5682
CANARIE:
C.P.(Pat) Sampson, President
pats@canarie.ca
C P Sampson & Associates
Technology and Communications Management
1981 Stonehenge Crescent, Gloucester, Ontario, K1B 4N7
Tel: 613-745-7804
Fax:613-746-5923
INDUSTRY CANADA:
Wayne Tosh (tosh.wayne@istc.ca)
Tel: 993-5544
COMMUNITY INFORMATION ACCESS CENTRES CANADA
Community Information Access Centres are physical sites designed to
provide community level training in the use of Information Highway based
services for jobs and growth. CIACs, both urban and rural, have their own
national organization, and the contact is:
Micheal Raggett, President
raggett@tc.resonet.com
michael_raggett@council.resudox.net
Community Information Access Centres of Canada
89 Colborne Street East, Suite 201, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 1T8
Tel:705-327-2191
Fax: 705-484-1622
CONNECTING THE NORTH SYMPOSIUM
The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation has been key organizer of several steps
in a Pan-arctic electronic distance community consultation process. In
several stages they have been exploring needs, issues, and options
associated with the Information Highway and community control of
communications infrastructure in a Northern context. Contact is:
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Tel: 613-235-1892
TELECOMMONS DEVELOPMENT GROUP
For a full description, please see the FREESPACE listing in the Ontario
Section. Although TDG's current community network development
activities are in Ontario, their interests in designing appropriate rural
access services are not limited to that province.
YUKON TERRITORY
YUKON NET OPERATING SOCIETY
Whitehorse, Yukon
CONTACT:
James P. Tousignant (jim@bullfrog.nugyt.yk.ca)
President, Yukon Net Operating Society
Fax: 403-668-7887
Re: community network development:
Gord Bradshaw (bradshaw@orca.gov.bc.ca)
PO Box 2799, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4
Tel: 403-668-8768
Julianne Ourom (jourom@yknet.yk.ca)
Manager, Public Library Services
Libraries and Archives Branch
Yukon Department of Education
P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6
Tel: 403-667-5447
Fax: 403-667-2666
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Yukon Net is a regional Internet service provider, approved as a
non-profit organization by CA*net. It is considering how best to
encourage community services content, interactivity and access
within Yukon's network infrastructure.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
FREENET BRITISH COLUMBIA
(the British Columbia FreeNet Association, a Provincial voice for
the BC Free-Nets)
PURPOSES:
1. To promote the establishment of FreeNets in British Columbia
communities
2. To provide support for existing FreeNet organizations within
British Columbia
3. To advocate equitable access to electronic information and
network services
4. To facilitate public education and awareness of the issues
surrounding access to information and network services
CURRENT EXECUTIVE (May 1994):
President: Gareth Shearman - chair, Victoria Free-Net
(shearman@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
Vice President: Brian Campbell - chair, Vancouver Free-Net
(campbell@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca)
Secretary: Lynda Williams - chair, Prince George Free-Net
(lynda@freenet.unbc.edu)
Treasurer: Detlef Rudolph - chair, Sea to Sky Free-Net
(drudolph@cue.bc.ca)
ARMSTRONG
STATUS: Near to Operation
CAMPBELL RIVER FREENET
Campbell River, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Pat Presidente (ppreside@cln.etc.bc.ca)
Member, Organizing Committee
Robron Secondary School, 740 Robron Road
Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 6J7
Tel: 604-287-9030
Fax: 604-923-5268
STATUS: Organizing. Near to operation
CIAO! FREE-NET
Community Information Access Organization (CIAO)
CIAO! Free-Net,
Box 166, Trail, British Columbia, V1R 4L5
CONTACT:
Ken McClean, Chairman, (kmcclean@ciao.trail.bc.ca)
CIAO! Free-Net,
Box 166, Trail, BC., V1R 4L5
Tel: 604-368-2233.
Fax: 604-364-2470
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Modem: 604-368-5764
Internet: 142.231.5.1
Telnet: ciao.trail.bc.ca (login: guest)
Gopher: ciao.trail.bc.ca
STATUS: Operational
CRANBROOK FREE-NET
Cranbrook, British Columbia
CONTACT:
David Humphrey (dahumphr@cln.etc.bc.ca)
Tel: 604-426-7258
STATUS: Organizing
FORT ST. JOHN FREENET
Fort St. John, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Ian Baxter (IBAXTER@ftstjohn.env.gov.bc.ca)
Tel: 604-787-0356
STATUS: Organizing
GULF ISLANDS INTERNET ACCESS COMMITTEE
Galiano, Mayne, Pender, Saturna and other outer Gulf Islands,
British Columbia
CONTACT:
Dale Lyon (dlyon@cln.etc.bc.ca)
RR #2, S42, C12, Galiano, British Columbia, V0N 1P0
Tel: 604-539-5428
Fax: 604-539-2318
Jim Parry (fprrj524@bcit.bc.ca)
Instructor, Computer Systems Technology
British Columbia Institiute of Technology
3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: 604-432-8864
Fax: 604-439-1522
STATUS:
Organizing. Intending to serve the outer Islands only. Salt Spring
Island is in a different long distance phone exchange.
KITIMAT FREE-NET
Kitimat, British Columbia.
CONTACT:
Craig Simpson (craig_simpson@kitimat.can.secal.alcan.ca)
Tel: 604-632-3984
STATUS: Organizing
MOUNT ARROWSMITH FREE-NET ASSOCIATION
1602 Marine Circle
Parksville, British Columbia, V9P 1Y7
CONTACT:
Jim Swanson, Chairperson, (jswanson@cln.etc.bc.ca )
Teacher - Winchelsea Elementary
Tel: 604-752-5643
Fax: 604-752-1911
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Chair, Jim Swanson, Teacher
Vice-Chairs Janice McLean, Head Librarian - local Library
Bob Dobinson, Mechanic
Secretary Douglas Stolar, Teacher
Treasurer Chris Large, Contractor/sysop local BBS
STATUS:
Organizing, hopefully operational by first half of 1995.
First public meeting, April 1994.
NANAIMO SCHOOLSNET
Nanaimo School District (SD #68)
Nanaimo, B.C.
CONTACT:
Mike Silverton, Teacher/Sysop (msilverton@bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca)
Brian Kuhn, System Manager (bkuhn@sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
A free public access BBS operated by a school district that is a
community network in concept but not name. It provides Internet
access e-mail, Usenet, telnet, ftp, gopher, www, and more.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca | Login as "guest"
Dial in: 604-754-3630 (2400 bps), or 604-754-9578 (14.4 & SLIP)
If dialing in, enter "2" at first prompt then "guest" at the Username
prompt.
www: http://bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca:8001/welcome.html
gopher: bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca
STATUS: Operational
NECHAKO ACCESS NETWORK
P.O. Box 1094, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, V0J 3A0
CONTACT:
John Rowlinson (jrowland@cln.etc.bc.ca)
Tel: 604-567-5545
STATUS: Organizing
PRINCE GEORGE FREE-NET
Prince George, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Lynda Williams, President/Founder,
(lynda@freenet.unbc.edu) also (president@freenet.unbc.edu)
P.G. Free-Net Association
210 N. Quinn Street, Prince George, B.C.
(604) 562-9281
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
- Registered as a non-profit society in B.C.
President, Lynda Williams
Content Committee - chair, Kathy Plett (plett@cnc.bc.ca), College
of New Caledonia
content@freenet.unbc.edu
Funding/PR Committee - chair, Fred Punko, and Joan Jarman, Public
Relations Officer
pr@freenet.unbc.edu
funding@freenet.unbc.edu
Technical Committee - chair, Brad Smith, Northwood Pulp & Timber
Ltd., inquire via support@freenet.unbc.edu
Community Advisory Committee - coordinator, Clayton Gray,
Business Consultant, clayton@freenet.unbc.edu
Getting Connected Committee - Bill Carlson
Phone committee -- Bill McFarlin
MEMBERS:
As of Feb. 1995, have over 1000 registered users and approximately
30 local information providers and discussion group moderators,
including the Mayor of Prince George who hosts an open "ask the
Mayor" forum on the system.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
BSD Unix, FreePort, on 486 system
- Installed at UNBC with 8 operating phonelines.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: freenet.unbc.edu
modem: 604-563-3977
STATUS: Operational. Officially opened in Sept. 1994.
PORT ALBERNI
STATUS: Organizing
POWELL RIVER
CONTACT:
Powell River Chamber of Commerce
STATUS: Operational
QUESNEL FREE-NET
Quesnel, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Mark Ekelund (ekelundm@sd28.quesnel.bc.ca)
Tel: 604-992-8802
STATUS: Organizing
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INFONET
Sparwood, Fernie, British Columbia
Office tel: 604-425-2423 (Sparwood District Chamber of
Commerce)
CONTACT:
Brian Grainger, President (brian.grainger@rmin.net)
Rocky Mountain InfoNet Society
Box 471, Sparwood, British Columbia, V0B 2G0
Tel: 604-425-2605
Fax: 604-425-7130
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
modem: 604-425-7805
STATUS: Operational
SALT SPRING TELECOM SOCIETY
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Cameron Smith, Chair (ccsmith@pinc.com)
Tel: 604-537-1552
ORGANIZATION:
- Adminstration and Fund Raising; Lou Walsh, Dwight Jones, and Tim
Collins
- Technical; Bob Lawson, Roy McMillan, and Dwight Jones
- Education; Uri Cogan, and Steven Lawson.
STATUS:
Organizing. Formation meeting, April 1st, 1995, at the Salt Spring
Centre School of a group to investigate telecommunications options
for Salt Spring Island, low- or flat-rate access to the Internet,
education and training in matters relating to telecommunications,
and organization as a non-profit society.
SEA TO SKY FREE-NET
Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, British Columbia
CONTACT:
Detlef Rudolph (drudolph@sea-to-sky-freenet.bc.ca)
President, Sea to Sky Free-Net Association
Box 2539, Squamish, BC, V0N 3G0
Tel: 604-892-5531
Fax: 604-892-5227
Tim Agnew, Vice-President, ( Tim_Agnew@mindlink.bc.ca)
Box 2438, Squamish, BC, V0N 3G0
Tel: 604-898-4295 (H)
Tel: 604-892-9896 (W)
Fax: 604-892-9848
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Sea to Sky Free-Net uses a donated 386 machine, on which they
run Linux. They are looking forward to upgrading to a 486 or
Pentium. SCSI hard drives, tape drive, and everything else was
surplus equipment from one of the ski operators in Whistler. They
wrote the menu system themselves, obtaining source code for pine,
gopher etc. and patching a lot of security leaks ( a time-consuming
process). Internet feed is bought at full commercial rates from
BCnet. "We started the connection at 9600 bps which was OK, but
now that we're running a WWW server, we need 56K." (Detlef W.
Rudolph)
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
modem: 604-892-3500
STATUS: Operational
SOINTULA
STATUS: Organizing
VALLEY NET
Mission-Abbotsford-Chilliwack (Fraser Valley), British Columbia
Office tel: 604-864-4616
CONTACT:
Paul Kurucz (kuruczp@fvc.bc.ca)
Chairperson, Board of Directors, Valley Net
Tel: 604-853-7441, local 4360
Fax: 604-855-7618
STATUS: Organizing. Near to Operation, planned startup, June 95.
VANCOUVER REGIONAL FREE-NET
Vancouver Regional FreeNet Association
750 Burrard St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1X5
Office tel: 604-291-5229
604-257-3811
Voice mail enquiry: 604-665-3944.
CONTACT:
Brian Campbell (campbell@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca)
750 Burrard St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1X5
Tel: 604-665-3579
Vic Vaivads (vaivads@mprgate.mpr.ca or
vaivads@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca)
Chair, System Design
MPR Teltech Ltd.
8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby B.C., V5A 4B5
Tel: 604-293-5766
Fax: 604-293-6100
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Modem: (604) 222-4723
Internet: freenet.vancouver.bc.ca
Telnet: freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (login: guest)
WWW: http://freenet.vancouver.bc.ca/
gopher.native-ed.bc.ca/FreeNets/VRFA
STATUS: Operational, official opening September 9, 1994.
VICTORIA FREE-NET
Victoria Free-Net Association
C/O Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre (VIATC)
Suite 203-1110 Government Street
Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 1Y2
Tel: 604-727-7057
Fax: 604-384-8634
CONTACT:
Gareth Shearman (shearman@cue.bc.ca)
(also shearman@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
Tel: 604-385-4302
Ron Crabtree (crabtree@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
Secretary, Victoria Free-Net Association
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
* 4-member Executive (Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary)
* 12-member Board (monthly meetings)
Executive plus chairs of committees and ex-officio officers
* Monthly public meetings. Annual General Meeting of membership
(membership determination currently under review) with election
of board
* Information Provider Committee
* Finance and Fundraising Committee
* Technical Committee
MEMEBERS:
As at December 1994 over 9,000 registered. Primarily e-mail
users, with some special interest participation.
FUNDING:
Primarily individual donations and some contracts, and computer
equipment vendor product donations.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Camosun College, Greater Victoria Public Library, ZED Data Systems,
Sun Microsystems, BC Tel and Vancouver Island Advanced Technology
Centre
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Sun Sparc2, Sun IPX, Trailblaser with 21 dial-in modems. Services
include freeport, lynx, gopher, news groups, WAIS, POP and
pine e-mail for dial-in users, and gopherd, httpd, and waisd for
Internet users. Key information bases include BC government
directory of services, Greater Victoria Societies, BC statistics, and
rare plant species.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Modem: 604-595-2300
Internet: freenet.victoria.bc.ca
Telnet: freenet.victoria.bc.ca (login: guest)
Gopher: gopher.freenet.victoria.bc.ca
WWW: http://freenet.victoria.bc.ca/vifa.html
(standard port assignments for httpd, gopher, waisd, ...)
STATUS:
Operational since Nov 17, 1992. Priority tasks or plans: More
dial-in access, stable Internet access, and more accurate, timely,
accessible and pertinent community information and information
exchange.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
NTnet SOCIETY
Box 1976
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, X1A 2P5
CONTACT:
Ian Gamble (info@ntnet.nt.ca)
Secretary/Treasurer, NTnet Society
432 Gitzel St., Yellowknife NT, X1A 2C9
Tel: 403-873-6283
Fax: 403-669-9021
Bob Johnson
President NTnet Society
PO Box 1976 Yellowknife NT, X1A 2P5
Tel: 403-920-7724
Fax: 403-669-7286
Re: community network development in Yellowknife:
Byron Hynes (byronh@ntnet.nt.ca).
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
NTnet is a regional Internet service provider approved as a
non-profit society by CA*net. Business, Content, Marketing, and
Technical committees. "Currently, NTnet does not plan to establish
a community net. We will provide free or cheap access via local
BBSes. We are open to voluntary organization of a community
network or Free-Net, but are not able to commit our resources at
this time to organizing one ourselves." (Gamble, Sept16, 1994)
MEMEBERS:
Organizations and individuals throughout the NWT. "Dedicated line
access only except in communities without ventures to provide
dial-up access. We have a five year plan to extend service to all
sixty communities of the NWT." (Gamble, Dec 27, 1994)
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
CANARIE, CA*net.
FUNDING:
CANARIE, self-generated revenues, government grants and subsidies.
Intend to establish joint venture arrangements for special
projects demonstrating applications and technologies suited for
remote and isolated communities.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM: Intel Pentium - BSDI/386 Unix.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES: DNS - char.ntnet.nt.ca, pike.ntnet.nt.ca
STATUS:
Operational in beta test mode for initial dedicated line users
until January 15, 1995.
ALBERTA
CALGARY FREE-NET ASSOCIATION
manager@freenet.calgary.ab.ca
c/o The Canada West Foundation
#810, 400 - 3rd Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 4H2
Office tel: 403-220-8914
CONTACT:
Shawn Henry (henry@acs.ucalgary.ca)
Project Director, Calgary Free-Net Association
c/o The Canada West Foundation
#810, 400 - 3rd Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 4H2
Phone: (403) 264-9535
Fax: (403) 269-4776
David Elton (delton@acs.ucalgary.ca)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
- Steering Committee, which acts as a Board of Directors
- Hardware/Software Committee
- Information Resources Committee
- Funding Committee
- Public relations sub-committee;
Lorne Darlington, 403-274-6927
FUNDING:
"We are adhering to a PBS model of membership - ie.,
you don't have to be a member of the freenet association to use the
system ($50 per year) but we will try to guilt you into it, and we
have secured some discounts from local businesses for members as
well as allowing them to stay online longer than plain,
non-contributing, registered users." (Shawn Henry).
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
- selected a computer proposal submitted by IBM Canada. "We will
be running the system on a hopped up rs/6000 c-10, which we will
upgrade to the new 604(?) chip as soon as it becomes available."
(Shawn Henry).
- software based upon a hyper-text server package
distributed free on the Internet
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
telnet: freenet.calgary.ab.ca - login guest
web: http://www.freenet.calgary.ab.ca
modems at: 403-282-4075 and 403-282-3707
STATUS: Operational, Feb 5/95
EDMONTON FREENET
FreeNet Office
#220, 10232-112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1M4
Tel: 403-421-1745
FAX: 403-421-7159
CONTACT:
Jon Hall, Project Manager (jonhall@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
FreeNet Office, #220, 10232-112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1M4
Tel: 403-421-1745
FAX: 403-421-7159
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
A 12 person board of directors is responsible for policy creation,
connection to the founding sponsors and funding development. The
Project Manager reports to the board. The heads of the six
functional committees form an operations committee chaired by the
project manager. This committee coordinates development and
operational activities, recommends policy and manages the
volunteer activities. Functional committees are headed by a
volunteer chair: Marketing, Hardware/Software, Education, Finance,
Information Content and Services, Membership & Registration.
Staff:
Jon Hall (jonhall@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Project Manager
Tel: 403-430-9494
John Boeske (jboeske@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
System Manager
Board:
Penelope McKee (Edm Public Library), President
(penny@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Carol Humphries (Learning Link), Treasurer
(carol@@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Paul DeGroot (Edmonton Journal),
(pdegroot@@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Myron Borys (Edmonton Telephones)
Janine Andrews (U of A Libraries)
Dory Baxter (Software Alberta Society)
Roger Pederson (AGT)
John Mathewson (IBM)
Bill Smith (business man)
Cornelius Guenter (Edmonton Recycling Society)
Fil Fraser (Consultant)
Joel DeBlock (Concordia College)
MEMEBERS:
Over 140 organizations and individuals have become information
providers and over 4500 people have purchased memberships( as at
Apr 30/95).
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Edmonton Public Library, University of Alberta Libraries,
The Learning Link, Software Alberta Society, Edmontion Journal,
IBM - Canada, Edmonton Telephones, AGT
Edmonton Journal, AGT, Ed Telephones and IBM made founding
sponsorship donations of $20,000 in year one and $10,000 in each of
three more years (plus two libraries and two associations). AGT and
Journal were cash, IBM was discount on equipment. Ed Tel was
modems.
FUNDING:
Funding is in place to sustain operations until the end of 1995
assuming it attracts10,000 members and receives no additional
donations. Membership is $15 per member although guests are
able to read all files. Revenue comes from $20,000 (minimum)
from each of six founding sponsors, $200,000 federal / provincial
/ municipal infrastructure grant, $25,000 for public access
terminals from a funding foundation, pro bono services from law and
software companies, $150,000 in memberships, and additional funds
from private and corporate donations.
Average donation is $22 per donor or $1.81 per member.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Two IBM RISC-6000 have been purchased and installed. The software
is public domain LYNX, WAIS, PINE, GOPHER. The system went
operational with 16 phone lines but with capacity and
infrastructure in place to handle up to 100 lines as demand
warrants. Modem pool was increased to 78 modems by end of April
1995. A mail server and Internet access were provided by a founding
sponsor. Twenty five older PCs have been donated and are being
reconditioned and placed throughout the city as public access
terminals in mid January 1995.
"We have determined that 50 users per line is the optimum level. We
have reached this ratio twice and as soon as we hit 51:1 the e-mail
poured in. The pressure to lower our ratio is unrelenting. We are
trying to operate a system which provides virtually instant access
for the majority of the day. However, during a closely defined period
of the day (nn hours) access may take up to NN retrys. Our average
connect time is 29 minutes and we receive 1700 calls a day on 42
modems. Modem usage time is typically 55-60 minutes each hour."
Jon Hall, Feb 11/95
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
modem: 403-428-3929
STATUS: Went operational as planned during Science and Technology
Week on October 18, 1994. After 1.5 years of activity, Edmonton
FreeNet was incorporated as a not-for-profit company under the
Alberta Companies Act on May 24,1994.
PRAXIS FREE-NET ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
c/o Lawrence Chen
468 9th Street S.E.
Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 1N7
CONTACT:
Lyle Roberts (Lyle_Roberts@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca)
BBS: 403-526-6957/403-529-1610/403-526-5035
Dave Bahnmiller (Dave_Bahnmiller@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca)
BBS: 403-526-6957/403-529-1610/403-526-5035
Lawrence Chen (dreamer@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca)
468 9th Street S.E., Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 1N7
Tel: 403-526-6019 (answering machine)
Fax: 403-529-5102
BBS: 403-526-6957/403-529-1610/403-526-5035
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Serving Medicine Hat, Alberta and area and operating under
the Praxis Society.
Co-chairs: Lawrence Chen, and Lyle Roberts
Fund Raising:
Lyle Roberts (committee co-chair), Piet Visser, Dave Bahnmiller
(committee co-chair), Lawrence Chen
Steering Committee:
Lawrence Chen, Lyle Roberts, Bob Batchelder, Dave Bahnmiller,
Ken Short, Dan Eslinger
Info Systems:
Bob Batchelder (committee chair), Pat Evans, Keith Walker, Lloyd
Ford, Lawrence Chen
Hardware/Software:
Lawrence Chen (committee chair), Ken Short, Brian Gue, Dan
Eslinger, Jonn Schoolkate, Mike McWilliams
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Current discussions on Lawrence Chen's BBS
(Lunatic Haven/Praxis Society).
"Just a Crazy Engineer with an Amiga and an HP48sx"
CIS: 74200,2431
Praxis Society K12 BBS: +1 403 529 1610
Lunatic Haven: +1 403 526 6957,
CYSNET Packet BBS: +1 403 526 4304
LHaven Dialup: +1 403 526 5035
Packet: VE6LKC @ VE6PAQ.#SEAB.AB.CAN.NA
STATUS: Organizing. Had first public meeting in October 1994, plan
to have Steering meeting in January to find out progress and come
up with unified plan.
RED DEER FREE-NET
Red Deer, Alberta
CONTACT:
Maureen Toews (mtoews@admin.rdc.ab.ca)
Dean Frey
Red Deer Public Library
Tel: 403-346-4576
SASKATCHEWAN
GREAT PLAINS FREE-NET
Regina and rural Saskatchewan
55 Cowburn Cr
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 5R9
306-584-9615
rhg@unibase.unibase.sk.ca
CONTACT:
Mark Suggitt, Consultant, (72143.337@compuserve.com)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Chair Bob Greenfield (rhg@unibase.unibase.sk.ca)
Tel: 306-584-6615
Vice-Chair Neale Partington
(Neale.Partington@f45.n140.z1.Fidonet.org)
Tel: 306-777-4636
Secretary Ted Quade (TQuade@unibase.unibase.sk.ca)
Treasurer Lorry Wilson (Lorry.Wilson@f45.n140.z1.Fidonet.org)
Public rel Mark Suggitt (72143.337@compuserve.com)
STATUS: Organizing, planning to be operational by Fall, 1995
MOOSE JAW FREENET INC.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
CONTACT
Ron Locke
Tel: 305-692-8598
STATUS: Organizing
PRINCE ALBERT FREE-NET
Prince Albert and District
CONTACT:
Cuelenaere Public Library
Tel: 305-763-8322
STATUS: Organizing
SASKATOON FREE-NET
Saskatoon Free-Net Assocation
Box 339 RPO University
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 4J8
lib_freenet@sask.usask.ca
CONTACT:
Darlene Fichter (Darlene.Fichter@usask.ca) or
(fichter@willow.usask.ca)
438-5th St. E., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7H 1E9
Tel: 306-652-0947
Nathan Elke (aa058@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca)
Board Member
Member of the Information Providers Committee
Peter Scott (scott@herald.usask.ca)
438 5th Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7H 1E9
Tel: 306-966-5920
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Board of Directors with ten members.
- Executive Committee
- Facilities Committee
- Finance Committee
- Sponsorhip Sub-Committee
- Information Provider's Committee
- Public Relations and Promotion Committee
- User Education Committee
- Technical Working Group
- Office Help Working Group
- Help Desk Working Group
FUNDING:
To date all funding has come from personal, corporate and
institutional donations and membership fees.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
- Saskatoon Public Library
- University of Saskatchewan
- City of Saskatoon, Leisure Services Dept.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
The Chebucto lynx client and WWW server running
on a linux box.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: freenet.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca
login as guest
Phone dialup lines at 306-956-3700
WWW: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca
STATUS: Operational, April 3 1995
MANITOBA
Blue Sky FreeNet is a province-wide network, based on local servers in the
60 local calling areas in the provincial telephone system. Six of those
zones are now operational, and an additional 17 are organizing. This
network is expanding rapidly and the areas of service listed below are
indicative, not definitive.
BLUE SKY FREENET OF MANITOBA INC.
P.O. Box 1441
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2Z4
e-mail: info@freenet.mb.ca
Voice HELP line: 204-992-HELP
CONTACT:
Wolfgang von Thuelen, Secretary (wolf@freenet.mb.ca)
ISM Information Systems Management Corp
400 Ellice Ave Winnipeg, MB R3B 3M3
Tel: 204-946-6776
Fax: 204-947-3837
Terry Lewycky (lewycky@freenet.mb.ca )
c/o Infopak Communications
#7 Killarney, PO Box 34027, Winnipeg
Tel: 204-269-0797
Karen Botan, Treasurer, Blue Sky FreeNet (botan@mbnet.mb.ca)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Tel: 204-983-6575
Fax: 204-983-0870
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Board of Directors,12 members including:
Terry Lewycky, President, (lewycky@freenet.mb.ca)
Michael Gillespie, Project Manager, (michaelg@freenet.mb.ca)
Tel: 204-943-9000
Wolfgang von Thuelen, Secretary, (wolf@freenet.mb.ca)
Terry Smythe, Chair, Fund Raising Committee (smythe@freenet.mb.ca )
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
SUN Microsystems (Tronica Computers), Manitoba Telephone System,
CISCO Modems, The Winnipeg Free Press, University of Manitoba,
MBnet, Manitoba Library Association, The Winnipeg Public Library,
and Manitoba First Nations
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: winnie.freenet.mb.ca
WWW: http://www.freenet.mb.ca
Modem: 204-987-1234 (login as "guest")
STATUS: Operational as at November 8, 1994, the first FreeNet to be
implemented province-wide. Blue Sky FreeNet plans to provide toll
free community network access to all residents of Manitoba, rather
than concentrate on a single urban community.
CENTRAL PLAINS COMMUNITY NETWORK
Elie, Rural Municipality of Cartier, Gladstone, Rural Municipality and
village of MacGregor, Rural Municipality of Lakeview, Langruth,
Rural Municipality of West Bourne, Plumas, Rural Municipality of
Victoria, Holland, Cyprus River, Rural Municipality and village of
Treherne, Rural Municipality of North Norfolk, Austen, Rural
Municipality and town of Portage La Prairie, Ordville, Polar Point,
Rural Municipality of South Norfolk, Rathwell, Rural Municipality
and village of St. Claude, St Francois Xavier
CONTACT:
Ken Arundell
Gary Little, Chair
STATUS: Operational
WWW: http://www.freenet.mb.ca/centalplains/index.html
EASTMANET
Eastern Manitoba, Pinawa, Lac du Bonnet, Whitemouth,
Pointe du Bois, Seven Sisters
CONTACT:
Douglas Gehon (gehond@wl.aecl.ca)
Tel: 204-753-2311, ext. 2442
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
modem: 204-753-2299
STATUS: Operational
EVERGREEN COMMUNITY NETWORK
Arborg, Fisher, Riverton, Winnipeg Beach
CONTACT:
Stephen Lupky
STATUS: Operational
WWW: http://www.freenet.mb.ca/evergreen/index.html
LAKESHORE COMMUNITY NETWORK
Ashern, Eriksdale, Gimley, Gahamdale, Lundar, Moosehorn,
St. Laurent
CONTACT:Debby Surgenor
STATUS: Operational
WWW: http://www.freenet.mb.ca/lakeshore/index.html
SEARDEN FREE-NET
Sprague, South Junction, Vassar, Wampum, Moose Lake,
Middlebro, South Junction, and Buffalo Point
CONTACT:
Larry Geller (larry_geller@mbnet.mb.ca)
Box 180 Sprague, MB, Canada R0A 1Z0
Tel. 204-437-2016
Fax. 204-437-2382
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
WWW: http://www.freenet.mb.ca/searden/index.html
STATUS:
Operational
WESTMAN COMMUNITY NETWORK
Brandon and surrounding towns, including: Brookdale, Carberry,
Alexander, Douglas, Rivers, Rapid City, Souris, Wawanesa
CONTACT:
Stephen Downes
STATUS: Organizing
There are active organizing committees in other local calling areas
centered on the following communites:
BIRTLE (Rural municipality with 5 communities)
DAUPHIN
ERICSON
FLIN FLON
GRAND VIEW
KILLARNEY
MORRIS
NEEPAWA
PEQUIS
ROBLIN (4 communites, 3 bands)
RUSSELL (10 communities, 3 bands)
ST ROSE DU LAC
SPRINGFIELD (Rural municipality with 8 communities)
STEINBACH
THOMPSON
WINKLER
ONTARIO
Contacts in the Ontario Government with an interest in community
networks development include:
Andrew Kuczer (kuczera@gov.on.ca)
Ontario Network Infrastructure Program (ONIP)
Information Infrastructure Branch
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
77 Bloor St.W.,20 floor, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2R9
Tel: 416-326-9623
Stan Squires, Manager (squires@gov.on.ca)
Telematics and New Media Unit,
Libraries and Community Information Branch,
Ministry of Culture,Tourism and Recreation,
77, Bloor Street West, 3rd Floor,
Toronto.Ontario. M7A 2R9.Canada.
Tel:416-314-7632
Fax: 416-314-7635
There is a listserver called "Ontalk" that discusses community networking
issues in Ontario. To subscribe, send a message to:
listserv@uoguelph.ca
with the text message:
subscribe ontalk yourfirstname yourlastname
(Please ignore the system's request to change your password - this
function is not enabled). Contact for this listserver is:
Don Richardson (drichard@uoguelph.ca)
Member, Interim FreeSpace Steering Committee - Guelph/Wellington
Assistant Professor Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph.
ATIKOKAN COMMUNITY NETWORK
Atikokan, Ontario
CONTACT:
Warren Paulson (wpaulson@hookup.net)
Owner & Top Banana, Words & Pictures Publishing
Box 261, Atikokan, Ontario, P0T 1C0
Tel: 807-597-2540
Fax: 807-597-1348
STATUS: Organizing. "We in Atikokan, Ontario are in the early
pipe-dream stages of developing what could be the smallest
Free-Net in Canada. Our plan is to first develop a local access
network by expanding on existing local resources (library, high
school etc). Eventually we hope to develop some sort of Internet
access." (Warren Paulson)
BRANT FREENET
Brantford, Ontario
CONTACT:
Tim Philp, Chairperson
email via Brantford Public Library: bplib@nic.hookup.net
Tel: 519-758-1260
STATUS: Organizing
COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK STEERING COMMITTEE
Collingwood, Ontario
blacow@ibm.net
Tel: 705-445-8441
705-445-7401
CONTACT:
Norm Griffiths (norgrif@village.ca)
STATUS: Organizing
DURHAM FREE-NET INC.
Whitby, Ontario
CONTACT:
Durham Steering Committee:
John Norman (John.Norman@freenet.durham.org)
Chair, Steering Committee
P.O. 26071, 206 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 1C0
Tel: 905-725-9633
John Krasnay, Chair of the Hardware/Software committee
(john.krasnay@freenet.durham.org)
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
"We have opted for a Web front end with BSDI as the OS. Pentiums
are the hardware of choice. Because of the way Bell has carved up
our Region we may have to use the net to tie our LAN together."
(John Norman, Jan 15, 1995)
STATUS:
Organizing. "We have a firm online date to the general public of
June 12, 1995. Test equipment is in place. A full timeline has been
developed and we submitted our implementation application to ONIP
on Jan 3/95." (John Norman, Jan 15, 1995)
FREESPACE
TELECOMMONS DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Guelph, Ontario
info@tdg.uoguelph.ca.
Tel: 519-767-0145
Fax: 519-767-1510
The FreeSpace Switchboard, a monthly newsletter,
can be reached at:
http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/tdg/archive/switchboard
CONTACT:
Greg Searle (searle@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Paul Graham (pgraham@uoguelph.Ca)
Telecommons Development Group
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
- The Freespace model depends upon self-direction and autonomy at
the community level with each community founding its own
Freespace Steering Committee. The Telecommons Development
Group, a fully incorporated worker's co-operative, with support
from the Department of Rural Extension Studies, University of
Guelph, supports steering committees with resources, consulting,
training, and partnership-building.
Co-founders:
Gord Lipp: (glipp@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Paul Graham: (pgraham@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Greg Searle: (searle@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Dr. Don Richardson: Community/ govt liaison and development
(drichard@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Dave Johnston: Assoc researcher and community liaison
(dj@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Gavin Nesbitt: Community liaison and program development
(gnesbitt@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Rebekah Jamieson: Program administration
(rebekah@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
Joel Weekes:Program administration
(jweekes@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
John Stevenson: Organization and business development
(jstevens@tdg.res.uoguelph.ca)
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
FreeSpace uses a graphical user interface client program called
Remote Imaging Protocol (RIP) which allows for point and click
control over a multimedia information environment. Much of
FreeSpace is based in a graphical and audio collaborative virtual
environment in which users can frelly interact and communicate in
real time.
World Wide Web
FreeSpace also contains space and gateways for commercial-quality
information access and value added services.
STATUS:
Current emphasis is on developing sound working relationships with
communities in Wellington county and surrounding Guelph, Ontario,
and in developing a feasibility study for a provincial rural network.
GREATER KINGSTON COMMUNITY NET
Kingston, Ontario
CONTACT:
Mark Zirbser (kaedc@limestone.kosone.com)
Business Development Officer
Kingston Area Economic Development Commission
275 Ontario Street, Suite 100, Kingston, Ontario, K7K 2X5
Tel: 613-544-2726 x.22
Fax: 613-546-2882
John Porter
Tel: 613-564-4291, ext. 331
ORGANIZATION: Steering committee
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
The URL address for the Greater Kingston FreeNet Demo pages and
discussion documents is as follows:
http://gkfn.fcbe.edu.on.ca/gkfn/welcome.html
"We've started a FreeNet discussion area on the Kingston area
FidoNet BBSes as an avenue to inform people of the FreeNet concept.
Our reasoning is that many potential FreeNet volunteers and users
may already have access to our BBS's, but have no easy access to
WWW servers, ftp, gophers, etc."
Stephen Hart (stephen.hart@synthesis.northstar.ccai.com)
STATUS: Organizing. First Public Forum, March 1, 1995.
GUELPH FREESPACE STEERING COMMITTEE
(See WELLINGTON COUNTY FREESPACE)
HALTON COMMUNITY NETWORK
Oakville, Ontario
CONTACTS:
F.P. (Rick) Booth (rick.booth@sheridanc.on.ca or
hcn@sheridanc.on.ca)
Principal & Managing Associate, EN-TECH Associates
Chair, Halton Community Network
2599 Addingham Crescent, Oakville, Ontario L6J 7K6
Tel: 905-829-0892
Fax: 905-829-0891
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
HCN Sterring Committee officers:
F.P. (Rick) Booth, Chair (rick.booth@sheridanc.on.ca)
Sander Schimmelpennick, Vice-Chair
(sander.schimmelpennick@canrem.com)
Jane Leonard, Secretary (jane.leonard@sheridanc.on.ca)
Bob Griesbach, Technology Liaison (bob.griesbach@sheridanc.on.ca)
John Waller, Technology Committee Chair
(john.waller@sheridanc.on.ca)
Dennis Hurst, Administration Liaison (dennis.hurst@sheridanc.on.ca)
George Brown, Admin. Committee Chair
(george.brown@sheridanc.on.ca)
Pat Atkinson, SIGs Liaison (pat.atkinson@sheridanc.om.ca)
Golda Morrison, SIGs Liaison (golda.morrison@sheridanc.on.ca)
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
modem: 905-845-0057
STATUS: Operational with an existing network and major
infrastructure courtesy the Halinet group. While there is limited
local personal modem access, there is an extensive public access
infrastructure through the School boards, libraries and the local
college. It's been estimated at over 3000 nodes on the physical
network. As at September 8,1994, was awaiting the installation of
an upgraded server at Sheridan College, and subject to installation
schedule changes, hoped to be actively adding new members by
October 1994.
HAMILTON-WENTWORTH FREENET
Hamilton, Ontario
steering@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
CONTACT:
Marcel D. Mongeon (aa001@freenet.hamilton.on.ca)
(marcelm@joymrmn2.joymrmn.on.ca)
President, Hamilton-Wentworth FreeNet
Information Technology Lawyer & Trade Marks Agent
Tel: 905-528-5936
Fax: 905 523-4144
Stephen Park (smpark@freenet.hamilton.on.ca),
(parks@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca), (as301@freenet.carleton.ca)
Manager, Hamilton-Wentworth FreeNet
Tel: 905-528-4936
Fax: 905-528-7578
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
A steering committee provides overall direction. There are
separate committees for Business, Information Providers,
Technical, Public Relations, and Education.
MEMBERS:
Opened on April 28, 1995, with 400 assigned ids, but had risen to
1,000 by the end of the second day.
FUNDING:
Provincial: An Ontario Network Infrastructure Program grant of
$489,551 over 3 years, with the promise that we would be self-
sufficient after that date. Money arrives in $233,000, $153,000, and
$103,000 amounts each year.
Roughly $15,500 has been committed since September of last
year, and this represents a quarter of the first year target for cash
donations. On the in-kind side, we have received almost $100,000.
Equipment manufacturers have allowed major discounts, our office
space (1700 sq feet in the downtown mall) has been donated, and 2
486 DX66 machines to run the office, and printing services.
We do not charge for basic services but donations and memberships
are strongly encouraged as per the following policy:
- Basic: $0 Full access to all services. Time 1 hr per login,
2 hrs per day.
- Enhanced: $20/yr As above, + voting rights (if in local calling
area), choice of personalized (but name based) e-mail alias, and
time limits of 3 hours per day, but still only 14 hours per week.
- Premium: $50/yr As above, + access to lower density modem pool
(no promise on an exact #, but hope to achieve 50 to 1 using the
extra $30) Time limits are 2 hours per login, 4 hours per day, and 21
hours per week.
Time limits will change if a problem develops with busy signals.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
McMaster University, Mohawk College, private and public schools
(and boards), local media, the Hamilton Public Library, and local
commercial internet providers.
The Municipal Region has allowed us access to their Centrex pool.
This costs the Region nothing, but saves us over $8,000 in year 1,
and $12,000 per year after that.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Software is Chebucto Suite
Phone lines as at April 29/95, 64 in total, 60 in the General pool, 2
(to start) in the Premium pool, and 2 for the Office, and for
demonstrations. We expect to increase this very soon, especially as
the number of premium level users increases (and a donation of 12
rack mounted modems, which will likely go to create an 'express'
modem pool for people to collect e-mail (and maybe newsgroups).
The business plan calls for the modem pool to double in each of
the following two years, (128 then 256) but is likely conservative.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: freenet.hamilton.on.ca
Modem: 905 -540-5000
STATUS: Operational. First public meeting of the Hamilton-
Wentworth Freenet, March 7, 1994. Official opening, April 28, 1995
HOMEtown COMMUNITY NET INC.
c/o Middlesex County Library,
11 St. John's Drive, Arva, Ontario, N0M 1C0
HOMEtown will serve the counties of Huron, Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin,
and Perth, and the cities of London, St. Thomas and Stratford,
Woodstock, as well as all other communities in the area.
CONTACT:
Patricia Greig (greigpa@julian.uwo.ca)
Tel: 519-452-2124
Fax: 519-455-7648
Margaret Rule (mrule@julian.uwo.ca)
Tel: 519-660-8368
Fax: 519-660-6511
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
HOMEtown was working under the direction of an organizing
committee, but with its recent incorporation, it now has a Board of
Directors. We are in the process of establishing local committees in
each of the geographic areas, plus a committee for each of the
following activities: Fundraising, Information Resources and
Community Relations .
MEMEBERS:
About 100 members; estimate 3000 by end of 1995
FUNDING:
HOMEtown has received approximately $30,000 in grants and initial
memberships; we have applied for JOCA and ONIP.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
University of Western Ontario, Department of Information
Technology Services, Bell Canada, Inter-Com Information Services
(London), Human Resouces Canada (Elgin County), Huron County
Library, Middlesex County Library, Stratford Public Library, St.
Thomas Public Library, ASM Consultants (London), and Information
London.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM: Not yet in place.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
For info., including a membership form to join HOMEtown, look on
the UWO gopher: gopher.uwo.ca
> Select: Selected internet resources
> Community Networks
> HOMEtown Community Network
STATUS:
Organizing. HOMEtown, working with Inter-Com Information
Services of London, began, February 1995, a pilot project to install
the software, design the services and mount the first information
resources. Because HOMEtown will offer services in the city of
London and the surrounding counties of Huron, Oxford, Middlesex,
Elgin and Perth, a key component of the test phase will be the
design and testing of the regional links. Planned startup is
September 95.
KAWARTHA FREE-NET
CONTACT:
Barbara Cameron
Tel: 705-743-5774
Fax: 705-743-5622
STATUS: Organizing. Has received ONIP funding
LANARK COUNTY NETWORK PROJECT
Carleton Place, Almonte, Ontario
CONTACT:
Sietze Praamsma (as295@freenet.carleton.ca)
Sophia Hanafi (ae848@freenet.carleton.ca)
Tel: 613-257-7121
STATUS: Operational
LINDSEY MULTIMEDIA NETWORK
CONTACT:
Moti Tahiliani
Lindsey Public Library
Tel: 705-324-5637
STATUS: Organizing. Has received ONIP funding
MISNET
Mississauga, Ontario
CONTACT:
Walter Brodniewicz
Tel: 905-273-7760
STATUS: Organizing
NATIONAL CAPITAL FREENET
c/o Carleton University,1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6
Tel: 613-788-3947 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time)
E-mail:
general queries: ncf@freenet.carleton.ca
information server: info-request@freenet.carleton.ca
help desk: help@freenet.carleton.ca
registration assistance: office@freenet.carleton.ca
CONTACT:
Lisa Donnelly, Exec. Director (am412@freenet.carleton.ca)
613-241-2477
David Sutherland, President
(aa001@freenet.carleton.ca also daves@ccs.carleton.ca)
Computing Services
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON CANADA K1S 5B6
Tel: 613-788-2600 ext 3701
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
There is a 15 member board of directors, elected in staggered three
year terms. Elections are conducted online.
The following are the board members for 1995. The institutional
affiliations listed do not necessarily imply endorsement or
participation in the NCF by those organizations (or vice-versa).
Name FreeNet ID Affiliation Term Expires
David Blackwood aa332 Revenue Canada, Taxation 96
Scott Catterill aa355 Computing Devices of Canada 98
Julie Chahal ab161 Infomagic Services 97
Jessica Cohen aa724 Student, Carleton University 98
Brett Delmage aa693 National Capital FreeNet 97
Rosaleen Dickson ac174 Parliamentary Press Gallery 97
Yvonne Dionne ao594 Public Works & Gov't Serv. Can. 98
Chris Hawley ah654 Newbridge Networks Corp. 96
Marc Labelle ac078 Freelance Editor 97
Dave Loan aa112 City of Ottawa 96
Rick Mount aa009 Mount, Yemensky, Daigle Law Firm 96
Andrew Patrick aa118 Communications Research Centre 98
Dave Sutherland aa001 Carleton University 98
Richard P. Taylor aa333 Atomic Energy Control Board 97
Stephen E. Toy aa102 Ottawa Public Library 96
The executive committee of the board:
President David Sutherland aa001@freenet.carleton.ca
First Vice Pres. Andrew Patrick aa118@freenet.carleton.ca
Second Vice Pres. Julie Chahal ab161@freenet.carleton.ca
Treas. (Interim) Lisa Donnelly am412@freenet.carleton.ca
Secretary Richard Taylor aa333@freenet.carleton.ca
Exec. Director Lisa Donnelly am412@freenet.carleton.ca
Staff:
Lisa Donnelly, Executive Director am412@freenet.carleton.ca
Gordon Pearson, Dir. of Development au167@freenet.carleton.ca
Ian Allen, Systems Administrator aa610@freenet.carleton.ca
Mike Anderson, Admin. Coordinator bc574@freenet.carleton.ca
Volunteer Leaders and committee structure:
Michel Charlebois & Ginette Leduc, Translations az253
Jessica Cohen, Boutique Administrator aa724
Matthew Darwin, Menu Administrator aa673
Pat Drummond, New to the Net area ad995
Jim Elder, Statistical Information aa456
Garth Graham, National community nets Info. aa127
Miranda Gray, Hardware Committee xx717
G.J. Hagenaars, NCF Postmaster xx247
Chris Hawley, Database project xx654
Brian Monkman, Volunteer Coordinator af088
Natalie Munro, Volunteer Coordinator aa966
Robert Pless, Complaints Administrator xx246
Mimi Richard, Speaker Coordination br184
Al Seaman, Menu Administrator xx331
Paul Tomblin, News Administrator ab401
Charles Trahan, Francophone Comm. aj279
Office Registrar xx001
Office Volunteers xx002
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Updated: 1995-04-13 (Some of this is rather approximate)
Computers:
freenet: Sun SparcStation 10 Model 512
128 Mb memory
400 Mb + 1.2 Gb + 1.2 Gb + 1.1 Gb disk
freenet2: Dual Sparc 2 Clone
64 Mb memory
500 Mb disk
freenet3: Sun SparcStation 10 Model 512
128 Mb memory
1.1 Gb disk
360 Mb disk
freenet4: IBM PC running NCSA
Unknown
freenet5: Sun SparcStaton IPX
24 Mb memory
200 Mb disk
freenet-news: Sun SparcStation IPC
48 Mb memory
220 Mb disk
1 Gb disk
2.4 Gb disk
Modems: 97 at 300-2400 bps modems, no compression, no
error-correction
64 at 300-14400 bps modems, compression +
error-correction
9 at 300-14400 bps modems, compression + error-correction
Modems for 14 lines dedicated to library/city/gov't
connections
1 line (System Administrator)
1 line (demos/Executive Director)
Misc: Three 64-port Xylogics Annex terminal servers
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Dial Up Access:
up to 2400 bps: (613) 564-3600
up to 14.4 Kbps: (613) 564-0808
10 minute express (up to 14.4 Kbps): (613) 564-0670
Internet Access:
telnet: freenet.carleton.ca
gopher: gopher.ncf.carleton.ca
world wide web: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/
STATUS: operational since February 1993. According to the
Statistics Generator, as at May 4, 1995, there were 41,794 NCF
members.
NEAR NORTH FREENET ASSOCIATION
North Bay, Ontario
CONTACT:
Donna Bourne-Tyson
Tel: 705-472-6950
STATUS: Organizing
NIAGARA PENINSULA FREE-NET
NPIEC
Niagara Peninsula Free-Net
3550 Schmon Parkway, Unit 4
Thorold, Ontario L2V 4Y6
General E-mail information: (npfstaff@freenet.niagara.com)
Tel: 905-684-7200
CONTACT:
Jim Kerr (jkerr@dewey.ed.brocku.ca)
Jon Radue (jradue@freenet.niagara.com)
NPF Board member
Associate Professor , Computer Science Dept.
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1
Tel: 905-688-5550 x 3867
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
A project of the Niagara Peninsula Industry Education
Council (NPIEC)
FUNDING:
ONIP Letter of Intent approved. Canadian Tire donated $15,000 and
NPIEC has also funded a lot of the development.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Canadian Tire Acceptance, Brock University, Internet Connect
Niagara, NPIEC. We have a productive partnership with the NPIEC,
a non-profit organization that is very active in adult re-training,
and school/industry partnerships, etc. The Council has an
'Information Technology Strategy' with five main facets:
- Niagara Technology Recycling Program
- Information Technology Teacher Support and In-Service
Training Program
- Niagara Peninsula Free-Net Computer Network
- Information Technology Business Development Initiatives
- Curriculum Development, Training, and Labour Market
Orientation
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
SGI Indy as prototype. SGI Challenge S is planned for the public
system. Software is a slightly modified Gopher, with special
software for information providers to maintain their menus.
Pine, pico, tin, etc. and off-line mail reading (NUPop).
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
telnet: freenet.niagara.com
and log in as "guest"
modem: 905-688-8226
STATUS: Operational. Official opening, March 1, 1995
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY NETWORK
Elliot Lake, Blind River and Algoma Mills
P.O.Box 108, Algoma Mills, Ontario, P0R 1A0
Tel: 705 849 2213
CONTACT:
Alan Wilson, System Administrator (alanwils@village.ca)
Central Avenue Public School
81 Central Avenue, Elliot Lake, Ontario, P5A 2G4
Tel: 705-848-5106 (S)
Tel: 705-848-2989 (H)
Fax: 705-848-9225
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
A regional plan that links the three main communities
of Blind River, Algoma Mills (the "hub" and official sponsor) and
Elliot Lake. Organized under municipality of the Township of the
North Shore with an advisory committee comprised of 8 members
representing various groups within the region: Economic
Development, Business, Education, Public Sector and Institutions.
MEMEBERS:
Targeting individual users and small businesses. Anticipate 100
users within first year - but really no true way of gauging response
until we actually go online.
FUNDING:
Initial funding for start up costs came from a local "Heritage Fund"
for the amount of $40,000. Will operate on a cost-recovery basis,
offering memberships for a $153.44 per year flat fee; $320.36 for
businesses.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Township of the North Shore, Elliot Lake and Area Working Group
Committee, Rio Algom Mine Ltd.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Pentium 66; 16 port digiboard; SCO Unix
"Electronic Village" software
"Having been personally involved with the Ontario Teachers'
Federation "Creating a Culture of Change" project - one that links
all provincial teachers to a "free" conferencing system, "The
Electronic Village"- I have become partial to the software, the
developer and its ease of use. It runs on a Pentium box that
"plugs into the wall" - certainly a main concern of communities
with a dearth of Unix techies." Alan Wilson
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
modem: 705-849-0137
STATUS: Operational
OWEN SOUND COMMUNITY NET
Owen Sound, Meaford and Warton, Ontario
CONTACT:
Brian Minielly (brianm@web.apc.org)
Trevor Davies (tdavies@gc1.georcoll.on.ca)
Owen Sound - North Gray Public Library
Tel: 519-376-0682
STATUS:
Organizing. Name contest currentlu underway. Planned
startup is June 95.
PEMBROKE COMMUNITY NETWORK
Pembroke, Ontario
CONTACT:
Subhash Mehta
Pembroke Public Library
237 Victoria Street, Pembroke, Ontario, K8A 4K5
Tel: 613-732-8844
Home tel: 613-732-2914
Fax: 613-732-1116
STATUS:
Pre-planning stage, prior to organizing. Currently assessing
community support. First public meeting, May 17/95.
SAINT CLAIR COMMUNITY NETWORK
Windsor, Ontario
CONTACT:
Stephen Karamatos
University of Windsor
Tel: 519-253-4232, ext. 3006
Paul Rousseau (roussea@server.uwindsor.ca)
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Tel: 519-0735-7959
STATUS:
Began organizing November 1993. Has received ONIP funding.
SARNIA COMMUNITY BBS
Sarnia, Ontario
CONTACT:
Kenneth G. SMY (ksmy@lambton.on.ca)
Sarnia Community BBS
1012 Lakeshore Rd
Sarnia, Ontario, N7V 2V4
Tel: 519-542 7622
STATUS: Organizing. A public information meeting and volunteer
sign up is planned for February 1995.
SUDBURY REGIONAL COMMUNITY NET
Sudbury, Ontario
CONTACT:
J. Steve Beynon (steve@nickel.laurentian.ca)
Director, Computing and Telecommunications Services
Laurentian University, Sudbury, P3E 2C6
Tel: 705-675-1151, ext.2200
Fax: 705-673-6553
STATUS: Organizing
807-CITY
(Project becomes THUNDER BAY FREENET in phase II)
Lakehead University
BB 1043
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1
Tel: 807-343-5103
CONTACT:
Board of Directors:
Don Watson (dwatson@flash.lakeheadu.ca)
Director of Computing Services
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1
Tel: 807-343-8354
Fax: 807-343-8023
Technical Services:
Les Mayes (lmayes@tourism.807-city.on.ca)
Information Providers:
Laraine Tapak (tapak@confed.confederationc.on.ca)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Elected Board of Directors when the system is fully open.
Technical Services: anyone who wants to join can do so, and all help
with tasks ranging from helping users to Unix expertise is
welcomed.
Information Providers Committee: Subdivided into Health Services,
First Nation Services, and Community Services committees who
encourage particular groups to become information providers. Also
an Information Provider Training Committee helps get new
information providers started.
MEMEBERS:
807-CITY is divided into Phase I and Phase II. Phase I, "The
Promotion of Tourism Through the Internet," is presently open and in
progress; we offer a single login account ("guest", no password)
which is allowed to browse our gopher. Gopher and WWW servers
are available to the rest of internet. Phase I is aimed at tourists
outside Thunder Bay and surrounding area. It will be the web server
for the 1995 Nordic World Ski Championships in March,1995.
Phase II will be a full freenet system and is tentatively scheduled
to begin April, 1995.
FUNDING:
CANARIE grant for the tourism/nordics project.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Don Watson initiated the 807-CITY project. Sponsors include
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) who donated an Alpha AXP
3000/500 system; Lakehead University, a very generous supplier of
donations in kind; and CANARIE.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
DEC Alpha AXP 3000/500 running DEC OSF/1. The software includes
gopher (our primary server and software for the moment) and CERN
HTTPD for the World Wide Web. Other standard Unix mail/news etc.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Telnet: tourism.807-city.on.ca
login as "guest", press enter when asked for password.
Gopher: tourism.807-city.on.ca
WWW: http://tourism.807-city.on.ca/
modem: 807-346-7870
STATUS:
Phase one: (tourism/nordics project), operational.
Phase two: (a full freenet system), organizing, and is tentatively
scheduled to begin in the first half of 1995.
TORONTO FREE-NET
Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario
Information Tel, Toronto Free-Net Office: 416-979-9242
CONTACT:
For media, sponsor, or board related info., contact:
Rick Broadhead, Executive Director (rickb@nexus.yorku.ca)
Tel: 416-487-5220
Fax: 416-440-0175
Laine G.M. Ruus (laine@vm.utcc.utoronto.ca)
Secretary, Toronto Free-Net Inc.
Data Library Service
University of Toronto Library
130 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A5
Tel: 416-978-5365
Richard Malinski (malinski@acs.ryerson.ca)
President, Toronto Free-Net
Chief Librarian, Ryerson Polytechnic University Library
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Board of Directors and Three Active Committees:
- Hardware/Software Committee
- End-User Education Committee
- Information Resources Committee
USERS:
As of December 29, 1994:
Approx. 27,000 applications received on-line
Approx. 14,000 activated accounts
FUNDING
(1) User Donations
(2) Corporate and Institutional Support:
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
- Government Support; three year Ontario Government grant of
$485,000 (ONIP)
-In February 1994, Rogers Shared Services, a Division of Rogers
Communications, signed a sponsorship five-year agreement
to provide facilities management services. (5-year in-kind
donation of $450,000)
-Sun Microsystems (donation of comuter equipment)
-Ryerson Polytechnic University Library provides office space and
administrative services
-Toronto Sun donated one page of advertising space to run our
membership agreement
-Many other organizations have assisted with donations of
equipment and/or services
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Freeport
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Internet: Telnet to freenet.toronto.on.ca *or* torfree.net
Login as "guest"
Modem: 416-780-2010, 14,400 bps, login as "guest"
STATUS: Operational as of November 3,1994.
TWIN-SAULT REGIONAL FREENET (Working name)
An International Free-net in the Ontario Sault Ste. Marie area and
the Michigan eastern upper penninisula.
CONTACT:
Intkhab Ali (intkhab@interlog.com)
Research Specialist - Technology Department, Ontario Lottery Corp.
Tel: 705-946-6497
STATUS:
Organizing. An interim board has formed to pursue beginning a
Canada-US freenet. Now we have to work out the logistics, funding
issues, by-laws, business plan, articles of incorporation, etc. The
key benefit from a cross-border freenet is that Sault, Michigan
(pop:15,000), which is a much smaller community than Sault,
Ontario (pop: 80,000), might not be able to start its own freenet and
the Ontario city would expand it's reach to a larger group. The fact
that it will be cross-border creates interesting problems. Where do
we house the systems? How do we deal with two telephone
companies? Where do the volunteers come from? Can we do it
under ONIP funding? One idea is to use the Universities. Algoma
University College has offered to provide housing and we may be
able to convince Lake Superior State University to set up a system
there and jointly fund a link between the two.
WELLINGTON COUNTY FREESPACE
P.O BOX 25042, Stone Road Mall Postal Outlet
435 Stone Road West, Guelph ON N1G 4T4
CONTACT:
Gerry Eastman (geastman@freespace.net)
Tel (home): 519-638-8951
Tel (work): 519-777-7000 x6896
Gord Lipp (sysop@freespace.net)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Project includes Guelph FreeSpace (Steering Committee) and
North Wellington Computer Access Network. The lead organization
for Wellington FreeSpace is the North Wellington Advisory Group, an
non-profit grassroots community development agency based in rural
Wellington County. Wellington FreeSpace will be one of the first
community networks to have a primary mandate to service rural
communities.
MEMBERS:
"Beta" FreeSpace used primarily by steering committee members for
organizational use.
FUNDING:
Guelph and Wellington County received a $250,000 Ontario
Network Infrastructure Program grant, March 29, 1995, to launch
the Wellington County FreeSpace network. The Provincial funding
will cover start-up costs over a three year period.
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
The TeleCommons Development Group, a worker cooperative that
supports community networking initiatives and provides Internet
consulting and training, was the catalyst for initiating Wellington
FreeSpace and mobilizing public support.
The Department of Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph,
has provided administrative and financial support to the project and
will be assisting with future outreach, training and research work.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
sysop@freespace.net (email/netnews only currently)
STATUS: Organizing. The system should be up and running by August
1995.
QUEBEC
FREE-NET MONTREAL
Reseau Electronique du Montreal Metropolitain
030 Beaubien east, #201
Montreal, Quebec H2S 1T4
General E-mail information: free-net@free-net.montreal.qc.ca
Voice mail: 514-990-REMM
Fax: 514-278-1498
CONTACT:
Andre Laurendeau (andrel@pubnix.qc.ca)
Diane labelle (diane@pubnix.qc.ca)
Steven Sacks (ssacks@interlink.net)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
* There is a coordinating committee of three people
* Three thematic subcommittees
- Production (Information Providers and content management)
- Technical
- Communication and translations
* One person for each of: accounting, volunteers and archives
MEMEBERS: Estimating membership growth rates:
- 50,000 after year one, 75,000 after year two, 100,000 after year
three.
FUNDING: Gross revenue projections for the next three years:
Membership and donations 560,000 14%
Services rendered by Free-Net 155,000 4%
Government funding 616,000 15%
Other donations in goods 593,000 14%
Other donations in cash 155,000 4%
Volunteer work 2,034,000 49%
=========
4,113,000
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Bell Quebec (phone lines), and Universite du Quebec a Montreal
(housing and support of computers systems). Many other ongoing
negotiations.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Chebucto suite (Pine-Pico-Lynx-Tin), translated in french.
Accessible both in french and english
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
thym.remm.uqam.ca
STATUS: Organizing. First general public meeting was February
15/16, 1994. A prototype system has been developed and is being
refined. Target is to open in the Spring of1995. There are
approximately 12 Information Providers already involved, and more
than 20 in the negotiations stage. Granted organizing committee
status by NPTN. Founding member of Telecommunities Canada.
QUEBEC CITY FREENET
CONTACT:
J.-M. Poulin (jmpoulin@sit.ulaval.ca)
Associate director, Computers and telecommunications service
Laval University
STATUS:
"We held a meeting in November 1994 and had a second in December
1994. We will be, I think, looking for available volunteers for hard
work quite soon." (Poulin, Dec 21, 1994)
NEW BRUNSWICK
FREDERICTON AREA NETWORK INC.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
CONTACT:
Michael J. MacDonald, I.S.P. (mikemac@unb.ca)
Senior Systems Specialist, Faculty of Computer Science
University of New Brunswick
Tel: 506-453-4566
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Executive committee Chair: Dale Dunphy
Technical Committee Chair: Dr. R Fisher.
Ways and Means Chair: Paul Stapleton.
Publicity: Marilyn Mosher
Media Relations: Steven Sloan
Jack of all trades: Michael MacDonald
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
- Would like web...considering freeport.
STATUS:
- First public meeting June 30, 1994
- Equipment acquisition: September 25, 94
- Ready for test: Dec 3, 94; Pilot: Jan 1 - Mar 31, 95
- Public access: April 1, 95 (this may be an omen)
MIRAMICHI CITY COMMUNITY NET
Miramichi City, New Brunswick
CONTACT:
Terry Matthews (matthews@nbnet.nb.ca)
SACKVILLE COMMUNITY NET
Sackville, New Brunswick
CONTACT:
(amiller@mta.ca)
SAINT JOHN FREENET
Saint John, New Brunswick
CONTACT:
Les Graham, Interim Chair (lgraham@nbnet.nb.ca)
Manager, DPS, City of Saint John
15 Market Square, PO Box 1971, Saint John, N.B., E2L 4L1
Tel: 506-658-2904
Fax: 506-658-4742
Home: 506-632-1699
STATUS:
Organizing. "In the process of getting a number of things established
at our site."
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Currently, Prince Edward Island does not have any organization equivalent
to a community networking association. For information about
commercial access and networking activities, there is PEI Net, a local
Internet services provider (50% owned by Island Tel). PEI Net supplies a
full range of connect and content services and flat rate access across the
province.
CONTACT:
Tel: 902-892-7346
modem: 902-892-5800
NOVA SCOTIA
For provincial overview contact:
Marion Pape, Nova Scotia Provincial Library,
(mpape@nshpl.library.ns.ca)
As at May 3/95, the Economic Renewal Agency was coordinating the
writing of a community networking policy
CAPE BRETON COMMUNITY NETWORK (CB Net)
P.O. Box 1191, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6J9
CONTACT:
Debbie McGean (dmmcgean@fox.nstn.ca)
Secretary
Tel: 902-567-2813.
Pat Melski (pmelski@fox.nstn.ns.ca)
Chairman
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
Partnered with two cable companies to make use of existing fibre
optic cable and will provide free access to public educational
institutions within cable coverage areas. The plan is to provide
island-wide access to residents, businesses and educational
institutions.
STATUS: Organizing.
CHEBUCTO FREENET
Metro*CAN Society
c/o Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computing Science
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5
Tel: 902-494-2449
CONTACT:
Renee Davis ( davisr@duncan.alt.ns.ca -or- aa005@cfn.cs.dal.ca)
6234 Summit Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3I 1R7
Tel: 902-424-2862
Fax: 902-424-0129
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Metro Community Access Network Society (Metro*CAN),
running Chebucto FreeNet
Joan Brown Hicks, Co-chair (aa025@cfn.cs.dal.ca)
Halifax Regional Library
Tel: 902-421-7673
David Trueman, Co-chair (aa001@cfn.cs.dal.ca)
(david@cs.dal.ca)
The developer of Chebucto Suite, Systems Manager, Dalhousie Math,
Stats and Computing Science, and Co-Chair
MEMBERS:
March 30, 1995 "Now serving 6,000 accounts -- a number growing at
200 per week -- with 36 phone lines, the freenet is adding 24
additional lines, giving it a total of 60 lines....In the month of March,
local and worldwide accesses to this community network exceeded
1 million in one month....During the past 9 months, more than 100
organizations and 500 individuals have been trained to use the
system and another 1,000 have attended demonstrations.
Volunteers who respond to requests for help have been there 2,600
times. Other volunteers have written about 600 screens of
documentation." David Trueman
SPONSERS:
The loan of a computer system from Iotek Ltd. and a $10,000
donation from Halifax Cable and Access Cable in Dartmouth very
early in the development were particularly crucial. The connection
to the Internet was greatly facilitated by NSTN Inc. which provides
the connection at a reduced rate. Sun Microsystems of Canada has
loaned two advanced computer systems which have made possible
the expansion to the current capacity.
Dalhousie University has provided software development,
management of the computer and communications equipment and
office space. A grant of $50,000 from the Canada-Nova Scotia
Technology Agreement as well as $35,000 in individual
contributions have also been crucial in the development to date.
The cable companies have also committed to spending another
$40,000 to help bring the benefits of the community network to
those without their own computer equipment and modem. Public
access terminals (PATs), connected via cable, are already available
in the Halifax Public Libraries and soon in the Dartmouth libraries.
Another was recently opened at The Discovery Centre in cooperation
with MT&T, IBM and Dalhousie, and soon, a PAT will be opened at
Spencer House. Metro*CAN is committed to seeing PATs throughout
the Metro region.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
The software used to run Chebucto, developed at Dalhousie
Computing Science, "Chebucto Suite", is being used by freenets
developing in Nova Scotia, across Canada, in the United States and
countries around the globe.
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
Web: http://www.cfn.cs.dal.ca/
You can telnet to CFN at: cfn.cs.dal.ca
or dial 902 484-8006, login as guest, no password
STATUS: Operational as of June 16, 1994
GOOSCAP ONLINE
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
STATUS: Organizing
GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY NETWORK
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
STATUS: Operational
SOUTHWESTERN COASTAL COMMUNITY NETWORK
Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
CONTACT:
Paul Surette (nstn1744@fox.nstn.ca)
Plymouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
URL: nt.burridgec.ns.ca/yfn01.htm
STATUS:
Organizing. Homepage above is for demonstration purposes.
Planned startup is June 95
NEWFOUNDLAND
ST. JOHN'S InfoNET
C/O Randy Dodge HH2050 (randy@kean.ucs.mun.ca)
Dept. of Computing & Communications
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7
CONTACT:
Randy Dodge (randy@kean.ucs.mun.ca)
Organizing Committee and Technical Committee member
Tel: 709-737-4594
Fax: 709-737-3514
Louise McGillis (mcgillis@morgan.ucs.mun.ca)
Organizing Committee member
Information Services, Queen Elizabeth II Library
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3Y1
Tel: 709-737-7427
Fax: 709-0737-3118
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:
Organizing Committee
- Management Committee
- Fundraising/PR Committee
- Technical Committee
- Information Providers Committee
St. John's InfoNET Association - President, V Pres, Sect., Treasurer
and up to 3 directors.
MEMEBERS:
Organizing, only committee members currently have access
FUNDING:
St. John's InfoNET Association Fundraising
FOUNDING SUPPORTERS / SPONSORS:
Digital Equipment of Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland
INTERNET SITE ADDRESSES:
InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca
Gopher: infonet.st-johns.nf.ca
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
- DEC Alpha 3000/500
STATUS: Operational
A parallel rural services and remote communities project, The
Newfoundland and Labrador Community Computer Network (NLCCS),
is on hold. It will be revived when InfoNET is in full operation.
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