[X4U] Need suggestions for short-term el-cheapo ISP

K. Jerry Smith explorerguy at mac.com
Mon Jul 9 08:41:28 PDT 2007


On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Linda wrote:

> Jerry, that depends. Are you looking for high-speed on the road? Or  
> dial-up?

I would love to have high-speed, but will be using dial-up.

> Where will you be vacationing?

Rural NC mountains.


>
> You can look at T-Mobile's coverage map; you can subscribe to their
> high-speed network, if it covers the area you'll be visiting. Some  
> cities,
> such as Madison (WI) have municipal high speed wireless;  you can  
> sub for
> about $20/mo and hop on anywhere you like w/in the city's coverage  
> (if you
> have wireless). I keep an Earthlink dialup account in addition to  
> my ATT
> DSL, that I use for dialup whenever I go on vacation -- they even had
> numbers in France when I visited there.
>
> If you can be more specific about what you need, we can help you more
> specifically.
>
> ~Linda

I looked at Earthlink and NetZero, among others. I only need the  
services a couple of times a year.

Thanks, Linda!

Jerry



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