NCF does not sell its members to advertisers, and is serious about privacy, accountability, and fighting email spam. NCF is owned and controlled by its members. There have been several surveys of members, the most recent being February 2000 . Some information about members can be inferred from a study of their postal codes in summer 2000. Earlier surveys of members are also available.
Membership is open to everyone worldwide, but most members are from the Ottawa region.
NCF provides reliable dial-up access to basic internet services, such as email and web browsing. NCF organizes help for people new to using the internet. NCF operates a web site that can be used by anyone in the community to host their web pages many members and organizations use NCF s facilities. NCF has a full range of Usenet newsgroups, including several hundred that are open only to NCF members, which provide a medium for people to exchange ideas with people in their local community. Click here to find out what NCF services could do for you.