FREENET

Community-based bulletin board system with email, information services, interactive communications, and conferencing. Freenets are funded and operated by individuals and volunteers -- in one sense, like public television. They are part of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), an organization based in Cleveland, Ohio, devoted to making computer telecommunication and networking services as freely available as public libraries. [Source: LAQUEY]

A network system made up of community-based bulletin board systems with e-mail,information services,interactive communications,and conferencing.Freenet providers work to make computer networking services as freely available as public libraries or as public television.