http://www.fileplanet.com/betacenter/wow_open/signup/You will have to sign up for it thought and shovel out 8$ for the basic membership. It is said though that the open beta will start next week but no one really knows. If they ask you to sign up and pay more than 8$ look in the corner for hte basic and it should bring you to a new screen that says 8$. After that its all explained in the email you should get. Download took about 2 hours on cable for me and half an hour for it to install.