"FreeNets the best thing to happen to SchoolNet" By Andrea Kujala Realtime Online Ottawa 13:50 August 15, 1994. Access to SchoolNet has increased beyond the predictions she made in her speech to this conference last year, according to Karen Kostaszek, Director of the SchoolNet Support Group. With funding from Industry Canada, provincial departments of education, and corporations large and small, SchoolNet has provided connections to 400 schools across Canada during its first year of operation. However, the majority of SchoolNet use has come through freeNets, as teachers, students, education officials and members of the general public make use of SchoolNet from their homes. SchoolNet is committed to increasing the amount of Canadian information available on the net, open access to all information for Canadians from every geographic region, using either official language. -- Realtime Online - Professional Conference Reporting Team Rosaleen Dickson, Ottawa ac174@freenet.carleton.ca. Pierre Bourque, Michel Careau, Shady Kanfi, Charles King, Andrea Kujala, Jules Lafrance, Bruce MacDonald, Robt Rattey, Natalie Roth, Michael Silvestrini, Stephen Toy.