Dial-Up ISPs

[KarenMarie]

Sheesh!!!! It is amazing what personal info they require when offering a FREE trial offer.

One of them INSISTED I enter... on page THREE... which cars I have, leased or owned. Own or rent my residence. How many kids and what ages. Annual income. My hobbies. My marital status. My ethnicity. And a crap load of other stuff. And down ay at the bottom, i had to UNcheck requesting offers from third parties.

The rest want all my personal info and finanacial information so they 'auto' charge me until I cancel!

Holy Cow!!! I need a dial up account for less than 10 friggen minutes, just for testing/support issues!!!

When did FREE trials on Dial-up ISPs start requiring all this personal info?

/end of lame rant.

 

[So]

When dial up ISPs stopped being profitable on their own in the late 90s

 

[Baked]

dial-up is lame. /thread

 

[Heisenberg]

Do you have broadband? Some broadband ISP's have backup dial-up accounts as part of the service, or at least they used to.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Do you have broadband? Some broadband ISP's have backup dial-up accounts as part of the service, or at least they used to.

As I have been crying over for ages now... I cannot access the pedigree site discussed in the sticky at the top of this forum. I have tried everything. I mean everything. There is a thread about it in technical support and I have even resorted opening a thread on another tech support site.

We have done EVERYthing.

The only thing left is to try to access the site thru dialup. All of 10 minutes.

I have comcast. I dont think they do dialup. I will contact them now.

It is a matter of compulsive/obsessive principal for me now.

😉

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Do you have broadband? Some broadband ISP's have backup dial-up accounts as part of the service, or at least they used to.

As I have been crying over for ages now... I cannot access the pedigree site discussed in the sticky at the top of this forum. I have tried everything. I mean everything. There is a thread about it in technical support and I have even resorted opening a thread on another tech support site.

We have done EVERYthing.

The only thing left is to try to access the site thru dialup. All of 10 minutes.

I have comcast. I dont think they do dialup. I will contact them now.

It is a matter of compulsive/obsessive principal for me now.

😉

Why didn't you just use a proxy?

 

[KarenMarie]

am fine thru a proxy.

but the one i tried gave me one free trial

 

[waggy]

WTF why would they need your vehicles?

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: waggy
WTF why would they need your vehicles?

Make, model, year and whether it is leased or owned.

same with the house. approx appraisal and rent or own.

for 10 friggen minute dial up use.

:|

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: waggy
WTF why would they need your vehicles?

Make, model, year and whether it is leased or owned.

same with the house. approx appraisal and rent or own.

for 10 friggen minute dial up use.

:|

Thank you for providing the information. Since we have not been making any money for the past few years, we are creating a database for burglars. Your name has been duly entered. Welcome to the list and enjoy the 10 minutes...

~Dial-up-yours ISP

 

[Beige]

anyone remember the bluelight days? you know..from kmart?