The Digital Research Initiative
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Internet After Graduation

So you're going to graduate and you've grown a bit attached to your web page. Well, according to the UNC Postmaster (postmstr@voltron.oit.unc.edu), six months after you leave, your account is labeled inactive and then deleted after another six months.

"So what do I do?"

Don't worry, you've got plenty of options. There are sites on the Internet that will host your homepage for free. There are even sites that will give you free e-mail. Of course, the catch is you've got to have a connection to the Internet in the first place, most likely through an Internet Service Provider, and most ISPs provide you with web space and e-mail anyway.

But if you're looking for more web space or another e-mail account to supplement what you already have, then the following sites have what you need.

Free E-Mail
Free E-Mail
Free Web Space
Free Web Space

Free Web Space/E-Mail
Angelfire
http://www.angelfire.com
  Free Web Space
5MB
Conk
http://www.conk.com
Free E-Mail  
Crosswinds
http://www.crosswinds.net
Free E-Mail Free Web Space
unlimited
Desler
http://www.desler.com
  Free Web Space
unlimited
Earth Online
http://www.earthonline.net
  Free Web Space
6MB
Eudoramail
http://www.eudoramail.com
Free E-Mail  
GeoCities
http://www.geocities.com
  Free Web Space
11MB
The Globe
http://www.theglobe.com
Free E-Mail Free Web Space
6MB
HotMail
http://www.hotmail.com
Free E-Mail  
Juno
http://www.juno.com
Free E-Mail  
Mail and News
http://www.mailandnews.com
Free E-Mail  
Max Cafe
http://www.maxcafe.com
  Free Web Space
10MB
Postmark.Net
http://www.postmark.net
Free E-Mail  
Pro Hosting
http://free.prohosting.com
  Free Web Space
10MB
RocketMail
http://www.rocketmail.com
Free E-Mail  
Tripod
http://www.tripod.com
  Free Web Space
11MB
Xoom
http://www.xoom.com
  Free Web Space
11MB
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com
Free E-Mail  

And here is a list of local and national ISPs you might want to check out. For a more definitive list, point your browser to http://thelist.internet.com/areacode.html.

Local/National Internet Service Providers
America OnLine
http://www.aol.com
BellSouth.Net
http://www.bellsouth.net/external/
Earthlink Network
http://www.earthlink.net/join/
Excite
http://get.excite.com
GTE Internet
http://www.gte.net/pands/welcome.html
Intrex
http://www.intrex.net
MCI
http://www.mci.com/internetorder/index.html
MindSpring
http://www.mindspring.com
Prodigy
http://www.prodigy.com
SpryNet
http://www.sprynet.com
Voyager Online
http://www.vol.com
Zeke's General Store
http://www.zekes.com

* This page is meant only as a quick guide to start you off in your search for post-graduation Internet resources. By no means should you base your decision regarding an ISP solely on this page. You break it, you buy it. No real gerbils were harmed in the production of this web page. While the e-mail and web icons used on this page may imply that this page was developed using BeOS, the truth is it wasn't, and I truly regret that.


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Gonna kick it root down

  This site was created especially for students of the UNC School of Journalism's
JOMC 050 Class, and anyone else who may be interested.
For more information, please contact daikat@email.unc.edu
Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 1998