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

[Russell McGaha]

Jerry;
	If the App.'s have exited by a certain time each day; why not right  
an applescript to launch them, and then but the Applescripts into  
cron jobs?
Russell

On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:35 AM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:

>
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Linda wrote:
>
>> On 7/9/07 10:41 AM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Rural NC mountains.
>>
>> When I was looking for Internet services for my in-laws to use at  
>> their
>> Minnesota lake cabin, I called the chamber of commerce in the  
>> closest nearby
>> town to their place and asked them about internet access. They  
>> sent me a
>> nice list of local ISPs, that were on average less expensive ($9- 
>> $15/mo)
>> than my Earthlink account ($23 with taxes and fees) -- and also  
>> offered
>> local access rather than the long-distance number Earthlink offered.
>
> By the way, what prompts the need (beyond the usual addiction to  
> checking e-mail etc.) is due to a problem I've had with USB  
> Webcams. Maybe someone on this list has also had the problems I've  
> had and can suggest a solution.
>
> Long story, short . . . I have two USB Webcams connected to two  
> Macs, 24/7. One is a TiBook G4, and the other is a G5 iMac. I'm  
> using a different software app for each. Both regularly quit each  
> day, and nothing I've tried to fix this has worked. So, I access  
> each of the Macs, via VNC, several times each day to relaunch the  
> apps. What a pain!
>
> Considering the differences in the computers, Webcams, and  
> applications, I'm stumped - but open to suggestions. By the way,  
> both are running 10.4.10, though the problem has persisted through  
> several system upgrades.
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry
>
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