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Im looking 4 cheap relieable, non bloatware DialUP service.

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ty1er

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My "not so computer savy" buddy is going from Cable to dialup because of money issuses. He asked to to install and setup an Dial-up AOL account for him on his PC.


But, I just dont have it in me.... to install AOL on a friends computer... I dont think that would make me a very good friend at all.

Personally i have not used Dailup for years, so I have no idea what is considered deceint these days.

I wanted to set him up with pretty much anything but aol.
The main reason is that i Hate the fact that you have to use thier browser, and all that AOL bloat gets installed on an already old - not so powerful PC.

So bassically in looking for a relieable, cheap, Dail-Up ISP that does NOT have there own crappy interface that has to be used to use there service.

Anyone have any suggestions?

thank you.
-ty1er/
 
any ISP that allows you to use windows s/w to dial up. Installing any software to dial up to the internet is lame. Been a while, but iirc, you CAN do this with MSN, I transitioned from Qwest dial up to MSN, and told them to show me how, as I wasn't installing their bloatware.
 
I set up a friend with Netscape recently. Same as netzero. He called up, set-up his account and password and got some local dial-up numbers. Then I set up a connection directly in windows in a couple of minutes. Even checked for any newer numbers.
 
Did the same for an emergency dial up with an earthlink account, just used the create new connection wizard in windows to put in user name and configurations. 9.95 a month...
 
1)
nocharge.com, US NW and NE, free(!)--pay per call for optional support for anything computer-related.
2)
Netzero is owned by United On Line (UOL[!]), which also owns Juno.
If you'd like Netzero, have a look at Juno. Offerings are slightly different, dial-up phone numbers are the same.
3)
Your OS includes dial-up networking (DUN). Continuing from what nweaver wrote, your OS can set up a direct DUN applet for any dial-up ISP--or network.

4)
Cf. "Proofread:" in
How To Post A "Good" Question
http://www.tipmaster.com/includes/goodposts.cfm


PS: Thx furballi for the link.
_ _ NB: "We do not prevent you from accessing your other SMTP email servers", and V.92, too 😎
 
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