After You Have Claimed Your Userid During the day, your application will be processed within 2 hours. Once your userid is ready, you can access the Internet by logging in to your personal Unix account. You will require some Unix knowledge to use your account. Each account owner is allowed 30 hours of free dial up time each month. A charge of 75 cents is applied for each additional hour that month.
Invoices are e-mailed to the account owner monthly.
People who call long distance are responsible for any long distance charges incurred. If you have to dial long distance to the UofM's Modem Pool, you may be better off connecting to an ISP in your area. Laser printing from you account is offered at the UMSU Copy Centre on the Fort Garry campus for a small charge per page. There are phones in most academic computing labs. For security reasons, you may have to visit the office in person with your student identification card.