Ftp allows users to transfer files to and from these remote machines. Students can communicate with other students, faculty and staff on campus, or friends around the world with E-mail. E-mail accounts are completely free of charge, and remain active for as long as students attend SUNY Geneseo. Users can receive and post information to interest groups by way of News reader software. With Netscape, web browsers can download files, tour faraway places, view full- color graphics, listen to music and sounds, play video clips and chat with people from around the world.
Students can also create their own homepage.
Best of all, students have unlimited access to all these Internet resources. This makes costs considerably lower than other Internet providers which charge on an hourly rate. In addition, Internet access with a network adapter is much faster than with a modem.