In April of 1996, NACS announced the Netcom Campuswide PPP program, which made Netcom’s Internet dial-in service available to UCI at an academic discount. Recently Netcom changed their business model, and in a letter to UCI NACS exercised their option to terminate the pricing agreement.

As a result, Netcom is no longer accepting new accounts at the discounted rate and is no longer on NACS’ list of suggested Internet Service Providers. Existing UCI Netcom customers may continue to use their accounts under the existing pricing and other terms and conditions. Netcom advises us that they will notify users at least one month before any future change in pricing.

Watch NACS-News and/or the Home-Access@UCI.EDU Mailing List for future announcements of replacements for Netcom in NACS’ suggested ISP list.