This charging scheme recognises that fact that the fees paid are for the service , not just for time online. A member's time allocation is debited by a certain number of monopoly minutes for each real minute the member is online to the Internet Project. Internet Project users can obtain their current account status allocations via the World Wide Web at the TIP time allocations page . Warning messages about time allocations running low may be requested via the time allocations warnings page. Limited Access Limited Access provides only mail, news and local file transfer facilities and does NOT include SLIP or PPP access.
Access is via terminal emulation software only.
All members of either AUUG or PCUG are entitled to Limited Access as a benefit of membership. Limited Access includes 100 hours of free Limited Access time allocation per year. Members joining the Internet Project later in the year will receive a pro-rata time allocation calculated from and including the current month. On 1 February each year, all members' Limited Access time allocations will be set to 100 hours. Members who use up their entire free Limited Access time allocation before the end of the year but wish to continue using the Internet Project must purchase Full Access.