Dialup Internet $5.50 per month, 150hr per mo.- 550access.com

[SimMike2]

550access.com550access.com

Anyone use this service? It almost looks like you have to use their brower attachment, but $5.50 is dirt cheap. I would like to get my parents a cheap account.

I know most of you don't use dialup, but lots of people still do.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Price check on isle 5?

Terms & Conditions

Last Modified 09-15-03

550Access limits usage to 150 hrs per month.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Furthermore:

Long Connections and Multiple Logins. Using a personal account for high volume or commercial use is prohibited. The Services are intended for periodic, active use of e-mail, newsgroups, file transfers, Internet chat, games, and browsing the World Wide Web. Members may stay connected so long as they are actively using that connection for the above purposes. Members may not use the Services on a standby or inactive basis in order to maintain a connection. Accordingly, 550Access.com maintains the right to terminate any member's connection following any extended period of inactivity as determined by 550Access.com. A single account is intended for one individual to access the Internet. Multiple logins under the same user ID are not allowed.

 

[wedi42]

WTF?
unlimited does not equal 150 hours.
isn't that blatent false advertising?

but this may not be a bad deal for most users.
i'd like to see if anyone has feedback on this company

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: johngute
WTF?
unlimited does not equal 150 hours.
isn't that blatent false advertising?

but this may not be a bad deal for most users.
i'd like to see if anyone has feedback on this company

That's what pretty much ALL of these cheap providers do, I know from experience. If you're lucky enough to have access to Fry's dialup, get them for ~$9.95/month and you can be online as long as you want, honestly (except for their 24 hour session limit, in which case you just reconnect and everything is great).

I was kicked from one of these "unlimited" shams and was never refunded the prepaid months I had left.

 

[Homebrew]

Good deal for my Mother in law, thanks.

BTW, it seems providers are now using word trickery to describe "unlimited" (read=Comcast).

Unlimited mean you can always connect, or 24/7 access and aren't restricted to certain times.

 

[Woozle]

I've been using Access4Less for almost a year and a half and I'm happy with it. It's $5.95/month for unlimited access, two e-mails and news server access. It doesn't require special software so you can use it with Windows, Linux, or whatever.

 

[hconnor2]

i've used this service in the past. when i first got it, everything went fine, but as my hours online climbed i kept getting knocked off.

that was 9 months ago.

i attempted to d/c the service and i'm still getting bills. maybe its just my bad luck?

 

[Maximus96]

i used access4less too, before i signed up for yahoo dsl. can't beat $6/mo, no setup fee, and no contract if you only do light surfing, email, and forums.

 

[Bad Dude]

You can use access4less.net for $5.95 and unlimited. I have used them for over a year and great service. I now have SBC broadband just one week.

 

[allmotor]

what about access express? its only $8.95/month and its suppose to be 5x faster than 56k. worth it?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: allmotor
what about access express? its only $8.95/month and its suppose to be 5x faster than 56k. worth it?

It uses caching, so it saves entire sites on your PC..ie fast surfing, because you aren't actually surfing

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Woozle
I've been using Access4Less for almost a year and a half and I'm happy with it. It's $5.95/month for unlimited access, two e-mails and news server access. It doesn't require special software so you can use it with Windows, Linux, or whatever.

Same here.

A co-worker was paying $21.95/mo for MSN with all the damn fancy colors, popups, etc. They switched to Access4Less they use plain IE and Outlook, no special software. Works great and they connect at 52.9k usually.

 

[cressida]

Another vote for access4less.net. I got it for my parents since all they do is email, that's about it.

 

[weepul]

here's the thread of access4less:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1234264

sounds like a much better deal for dialupers.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[goatzee]

i've been using hawk communications for years....if you pay a year in advance it's $6.49 per month....
unlimited, two e-mails, usenet, no setup fee, webmail......always works well for me...
it's at www.aaahawk.com

 

[kaesile]

Another one to look into is NeanderTech - use it for my parents and it seems to work all right. Customer support seems to be slow, but it works, so I'm not complaining. $5.75/month