OK why can't I connect to Netzero or Juno? - Help!

[gtd2000]

Hi there,
I am on a LAN at work but if I decide to check my e-mail etc at home I normally just use Netzero.
Since moving up to Pennsylvania I cannot get NetZero to connect - even although I can dial the connection number using the telephone and hear the connection tones etc?
I have not changed anything other than the number I am calling from or to (creating a new location) - Netzero has worked perfectly in other locations without any trouble.

Is anybody else having problems?

I decided to try Juno - but that seems to always report that there was a problem connecting to their servers. One difference is that my laptop PCMCIA modem does not light up when it attempts to dial out - suggesting to that it is not even trying to call the number anyway.

Could all this be in anyway related to the MSN Messenger problems encountered this week - contact lists lost etc....🙁

Can anybody help me out here?

 

[GregMal]

I believe you've first got to test the modem to see if it's working
correctly. Try to call a local BBS with it. Those are the easiest
to set up for..........
greg

 

[gtd2000]

The modem has been working flawlessly so far...not sure how to test the modem as we use NT4 on our laptops...😱 I'm only clued up on Win 9X 🙁

I've been connecting to Netzero for approx 2 months now in Florida and also Missouri without any trouble at all 😉

Any ideas?

 

[vailr]

With Juno, try e-mail connection, which will automatically update the phone book list. Maybe the local phone numbers have changed.
Or try downloading the bluelight.com software, and see if that free ISP works.