Karen S. Eggert Heartland Free-net, Inc., is a community owned and operated not for profit bulletin board system. We are an independent company from Bradley University although we can be accessed via Internet address 136.176.5.114 at Bradley University. We are modeled after public television and public radio. The secret to the wide range of information available on HFN is the time and expertise contributed by the community. Organizations all over Illinois contribute information which is difficult or impossible to obtain from any other resources.
Users also have access to personal electronic mail and editorial areas.
One of the most popular areas of the Free-net is presented by Illinois Job Service which provides current listings of about 100 jobs. In addition, experts in all fields from law to chemical dependency to the Red Cross to gardening contribute their time and expertise to respond to questions asked anonymously by the public. Beachler's Amoco Staat's Appliance Service Reliable Pest Control Quality Travel League of Women Voters Audubon Society Pimiteoui Trail, Assn. The amount and type of information available through HFN is limited only by the imagination. The skill of HFN lies in its ability to seek out pertinent information from credible resources and to present that information in such a way as to not inconvenience or burden the Information Provider while making information easy to find and comprehend for the user.