[X-Newbies] Dialup services

[Jane]

You can prepay Earthlink and it will knock it down to 19.95/mo
I use cable so I only pay 9.95/mo and don't use more than 4 hours per 
month dialup, or is it 10??? Something like that. I keep it in case 
there is no wifi or cable access when traveling.
It's really a good buy with 7 or 8 names, plenty of dialup numbers all 
over the place and you can configure it yourself with no nonsense about 
installing their junk.


On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Scott wrote:

>
> 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
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