WestNet Internet Services Registration Screen

WestNet provides dial-up Internet access for the Westchester county, New York area. If you are in the Westchester area, you may apply for a dial-up account by filling out the form below. You may also read more about our services.

Please complete all information, especially your phone number. We will not create your account until we have spoken to you. If you are under 18 years of age, we will need to speak to your parent or guardian.

First Name:
Last Name:
Street:
City: State: Zipcode:

Please Note: We voice validate all new users. If you do not give us a valid phone number, you will not be issued an account!

Phone Number (with area code): ( ) -
What is the best time to call you?:

Your user name is what you will use to log in to WestNet. It should be no more than eight lower-case letters or numbers. The first character should be a letter. A good choice is your first initial plus some of your last name.

User Name:
How did you hear about WestNet?:

WestNet offers two types of accounts: Text-only accounts, and graphical PPP accounts. A PPP accounts includes shell access. For more information on the types of accounts, see our info page.

Please select the type of account you would like:

PPP Account
Mailbox Only Account

You may now choose the shell you would like to use to access WestNet. If you are not familiar with UNIX, or simply do not want to be bothered by it, you may choose the first option for our own, easy to use Menu system. Otherwise, pick your favorite shell from the choices below.

WestNet Menu System
Bourne Again Shell (bash)
Bourne Shell (sh)
C Shell (csh)
Z-Shell (zsh)

Select A Password

Now you must select a password. Your password should be something you will remember, but someone trying to break into your account would find hard to guess. You can use any combination of 6 to 8 upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation. Please note that the password is case sensitive, so 'HELLO' is different from 'hello' is different from 'hElLo'.

DO NOT USE YOUR NAME AS A PASSWORD! In fact, you should avoid using actual words at all. You might take two short words and combine them with a special character or number, as in "robot4my', or 'eye-con'. You could also put together an acronym that is special to you, such as 'Notfsw' for 'None Of This Fancy Stuff Works." Of course, these examples are now BAD passwords, since they are here. :-)

Enter a password:
Re-enter for verification: