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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bulletin_board_system/22d9c9s2">Bulletin board system</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wireless_community_network/uFA38aD9">Wireless community network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Community_informatics/v0wGgjBa">Community informatics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Capital_FreeNet/XBrS67FV">National Capital FreeNet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shell_account/aewosn7h">Shell account</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Usenet/lYJWFBR6">Usenet</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050508122305/http://www.vcn.bc.ca/sig/comm-nets/bluebook/">The NPTN Blue Book, 1993</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archived May 8, 2005) – A manual on how to create a free-net and also describes the history of community networking.</li> <li><a href="http://www.lights.ca/freenet/">Freenets & Community Networks</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070119234746/http://www.lights.ca/freenet/">Archived</a> 2007-01-19 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> – International list of freenets</li> <li><a href="http://www.ispbargains.com/free-isp/">ISPbargains.com</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191002203713/http://www.ispbargains.com/free-isp/">Archived</a> 2019-10-02 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> – A comprehensive updated list of free dial-up Internet service providers.</li> <li><a href="https://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/">Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG Archive #1</a> - The <a href="/facts/Atari/XK95bfqH">Atari</a> Special Interest Group (SIG) Archive is one of the only collections of preserved content from the Cleveland Free-Net.</li> <li><a href="https://atarimax.com/freenet/">Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG Archive #2</a> - An alternate version of the Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG archive.</li> <li><a href="https://cfn.tangledhelix.com/">Cleveland Free-Net tribute website</a> - A website designed to look like the Cleveland Free-Net that provides history of the system and its users.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Smith, Ernie (2018-01-20). "The Tale of the Free-Net, the Cheap Way Dial-Up Users Got Online". Motherboard. Vice. Retrieved 2018-01-31. <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvwayd/cleveland-free-net-the-cheap-way-dial-up-users-got-online" target="_blank">https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvwayd/cleveland-free-net-the-cheap-way-dial-up-users-got-online</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Calvo, Melissa (1985-12-09). "MDs Practive Medical Arts Electronically". InfoWorld. Vol. 7, no. 49. p. 17. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved 2018-01-31. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=bi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Ishida, Toru (2005). "World Digital Cities: Beyond Heterogeneity". In van den Besselaar, Peter; Koizumi, Satoshi (eds.). Digital Cities III. Information Technologies for Social Capital: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Third International Digital Cities Workshop. Information Systems and Applications. Vol. 3081. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 190. ISBN 978-3-540-25971-8. <a href="978-3-540-25971-8" target="_blank">978-3-540-25971-8</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Cleveland Freenet". 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2021. <a href="https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-freenet" target="_blank">https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-freenet</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Grundner, T.M. (August 4, 1991). "The National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN)". Coalition for Networked Information. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. If the core beliefs of the National Public Telecomputing Network were to be summarized in one sentence, it would be this: We believe that everyone in a society has a right to access the primary information resources of that society via the best means available. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170113113331/http://old.cni.org/docs/infopols/NPTN.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170113113331/http://old.cni.org/docs/infopols/NPTN.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Connors, Tim (September 24, 1996). "Goodbye to the National Public Telecomputing Network". National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). Archived from the original on December 25, 1996. I regret to report that the National Public Telecomputing Network will soon be closing its doors permanently. On September 17, 1996, NPTN filed for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. <a href="http://www.en.com:80/users/dsieg/zz-nptn.htm" target="_blank">http://www.en.com:80/users/dsieg/zz-nptn.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Word Mark: FREE-NET". Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS). United States Patent and Trademark Office. August 2, 1988. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Alt URL <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192903/http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:x5t925.2.2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192903/http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:x5t925.2.2</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"About Us: Austin Free-Net". Basic Computer Training and IT Services. Austin Free-Net. Retrieved 2018-01-31. We exist to provide technology training and access to the community, fostering skills that enable people to succeed in a digital age. <a href="http://austinfree.net/about-2/" target="_blank">http://austinfree.net/about-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>