Mainly for nodes without the ability to connect full time to the network.
There was no point in paying for additional unnecessary connect time.
However, unlike online searching, there is no charge for computer connect time.
They find out passwords to legitimate student accounts, then waste computing and connect time.
We couldn't even get to the logs of her connect time.
The first-month fee is $15, and $10 a month thereafter (includes one free hour of connect time).
But we are running up too much connect time.
I used up my first 10 hours of free connect time in two days.
Additional connect time is $5 an hour on nights and weekends, or $10 an hour weekdays.
We users did our best (including developing a set of standard abbreviations) to minimize expensive connect time.