Commercial Services on the Infobahn
II. Review of Past Services
Some information services that have been offered in the past.
Traditional Dial-up Services
Dialog
Nexis/Lexis
The Source
Compuserve
OCLC
Research and Education Networks
Two Visual Models
Dial-up
There are costs for the connections and other costs for the services.
Personal view of Higher Education in USA
The idea here is that the costs are hidden from the user. This is one reason why
many people talk about information being free on the net.
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