The local and regional Doppler radar pages are excellent and refresh themselves every 10 minutes if you leave them on. There is also a time loop regional radar clip. It is a very involved program with many options but there is a lot of online help for you on their web page. A free service from America Online is Instant Messenger. A private one to one chat with only one other person although you can have several chat windows open at the same time.
People Link .
A much smaller network but unlike Instant Messenger, you can have rooms and private chats. This has just been released so the number of users is small. It also pages you with the latest stock quotes. Free Email Hotmail - Microsoft administers this site and the free email. Juno - The software is self contained with its own dialer.