Users can connect via PPP for up to two hours per login during busy time periods on the modem pools. Otherwise there is no cutoff. There is also a use limit of 120 hours of per month. You will no longer be able to log in as a graphics user after you have logged this 120 hours in a month. You can use your text account or wait until next month.
Client programs are available from area computer vendors and bookstores.
There are also a lot of programs available to be downloaded from the Internet. Columbia Public Library or COIN do not have software to distribute. There are pointers to on-line software repositories in the Setting Up PPP menus. There are instructions for specific programs in the Setting Up PPP menus. If your program is not listed, use the information there about settings to make the changes to your software.