[X-Newbies] Dialup services

[Scott]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Steven Rogers wrote:

>
> Anyone have any experience with Netzero or one of the other non-AOL  
> national providers?  I upgraded my parents from OS 9 to OS X 10.4 a  
> few days ago, and I wanted to set them free from the AOL client,  
> but its not easy.  The local ISP in their area seems pretty bad, so  
> I'm looking for some other alternative.
>
> My concern is that Netzero, Juno, PeoplePC, etc all seem to have  
> some kind of client that you must use to connect instead of the  
> Internet Connect panel. I'm hoping that's the extent of it - just a  
> dialer, but not a full blown client that wants to own the browser  
> and mail experience. Anyone know any details about this?  The  
> details of how it actually works are not clear on the web site.

Must it be a free (or dirtcheap) provider? Earthlink's dial-up is  
roughly the same cost as AOL, even a dollar or two cheaper. They DO  
support Macs. They may have a CD/software as well, though you don't  
need it. All you need is a dialup number, username, and password.

Then there are the self-proclaimed Mac-friendly ISPs. These are  
probably your best bet. http://www.macconnect.com/ is 21.95 for  
unlimited dial-up access, and claims 6000 local dial-up numbers.  
There are a few others, but I've forgotten which ones.

I'll have to agree with Jane, but more emphatically - any ISP which  
requires installing their own client is Just Plain Evil™.

-- 
Scott Buntin