In article <[log in to unmask]>, Dr William Beeby <[log in to unmask]> writes >So, by way of a challenge, can anyone think of anything that would be >appropriate for this limited and expensive environment, that could not >(with perhaps a little care about content) be put on any publicly >accessible pages? Good sensible reasons only - we all know that our local >trusts don't want the "real" waiting times published - even if they could >produce them. Very good question Put the other way around, one of the attractions of the web is that it is world wide. Why would someone wishing to avail themselves of the WWW sequester themselves away in a private network invisible to anyone not on NHSnet? This is a particular problem for academic units, post grad education etc -- John Williams, Senior User GP / Provider Links Project Email: [log in to unmask] Fax: 01483 440928 Mobile: 0374754302 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%