Sorry Eileen but in this case you are dead wrong. You need to enter the
modern client/server world. Telnet email users might as well be using
a quill pen.
We are going through the same process.
Check out
http://www.engr.csulb.edu/~mahoney/techinfo for some of our plans.
Also universities are not in the telcom business and few of us can provide
the P.05 reliability, speed and wide area coverage that the current
internet providers can givwe us for low fees.
we have a deal with Sprint ($12.50/month) check out
although there are many other good deals around, see for example
I do hope you are allowed to use other clients besides Netscape. I like
Eudora Pro for mail and win/vn for news
BTW Harvard is going through the same trama, check out the news on their
plans.
Best Ralph