Im looking 4 cheap relieable, non bloatware DialUP service.

[ty1er]

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/

 

[talyn00]

netzero

 

[nweaver]

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.

 

[glenn1]

Allvantage has worked well for me.

 

[elkinm]

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.

 

[Tsaico]

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...

 

[furballi]

All2easy for about $5 per month. Support DUN.

http://www.all2ez.net/

 

[imported_N]

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

 

[imported_N]