Ripco Communications provides a free service to the residents of the
312, 630, 773, and 847 area codes. This service allows one to access
Internet mail and Usenet under minimal restrictions.

This service is only available via dial-in, it CANNOT be telnet into.
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If you are connected to this info account via telnet and are not in the
immediate Chicago area, a request for the bbs account will be tossed.

If you are outside of the area but wish to use ripco.com via telnet, you
must pay for shell access.

To acquire a shell account, when done reading this message, select M from the
main menu, download or capture the application and send it to us with the
appropriate funds.

Your login & account information will be returned via U.S. mail.

No pay, no play, at least via telnet.