A nonprofit nationwide Internet service has been launched to serve dial-up Internet users who support media reform and the creation of a vigorous independent media.

Marketed under the name IndyLink, the service is aimed at value-conscious Internet users who also want to avoid the commercial clutter and privacy risks of corporate services such as AOL and Earthlink. IndyLink is a service of the Asheville-based nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN).

“IndyLink gives dial-up Internet users the option of putting their dollars where their values are, rather than having those dollars go to support a corporate media system that is not serving the needs of a democratic society,” said Wally Bowen, a veteran media activist and founder of MAIN and its low-power FM radio arm, WPVM, the Progressive Voice of the Mountains.

Priced at $14.95 a month, IndyLink service is about 30 percent less than AOL and Earthlink while offering comparable spam and virus filtering and a dial-up ‘accelerator’ which can produce download speeds up to five times faster than conventional dial-up service.

Information about IndyLink and its services can be found at: www.indylink.org. To contact IndyLink, email info@indylink.org or call toll-free 866.962.6246.