Available from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as AOL Canada, Compuserve, AT&T, Sprint, MSN, Sympatico, and local universities:

• inexpensive but slow
• requires basic phone service ($20/mo. fee)
• requires a telephone modem ($50-$150)
• ISPs offer modem connection speeds up to 33.6 kb/sec
• 56.0 kb/sec connections are slowly being rolled out
• $20-$30/mo. fee for unlimited use