But you don't need to worry about international phone bills. When you ask your computer's modem to dial a local Internet gateway, it is the computer you dial into that makes the international connection. You merely make an ordinary local telephone call. These faraway computers brim with useful information. A lawyer can access legal databases throughout America and Asia as well as our own Sydney University Law School.
Farmers can feast on agricultural knowledge.
Thousands of recipies await chefs. Environment, genealogy, government, health, historical, literary, journalistic and medical information abounds. The pop culture information ranges from newspaper and magazine text to Monty Python and everything you ever wanted to know about The Simpsons. You can play or watch chess games across the globe, find out about sports from Aikido to windsurfing, or delve into just about any religious text. It can't be overstressed that all this is only a tiny fraction of what is available.