I kind of wondered about that! smile! love, Diana On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Alex Snow wrote: > good luck with the free dial-up services and linux. I tried them last summer > after the blackout, thinking that if we ever lost power for an extended > amount of time and my isp went out because they're too stupid to get ups's > and I was on the generator here I could dial in to an isp. But it turns out > that most require a special dialer so they can display adds and spy on you. > with address.com's service I did get as far as getting an ip via dhcp but > that's it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: internet access > > > > Diana, > > Check with your ISP. Some providers allow you a certin amount of dial up > > time with your dsl account for things such as this. Also, look in to some > of > > the free dial up services out there. > > -- > > Joseph C. Lininger > > jbahm at pcdesk.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Diana Dawne" <dianasaur at octothorp.org> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 10:51 AM > > Subject: internet access > > > > > > > Hi everyone. I have a question about internet access. > > > > > > I have dsl and I just love it. However, if I am away from home and need > > > to check my email what other access modes to the internet might be > > > available. Right now I have another dial up account so it wouldn't be a > > > problem for me but if someone needs to access sometimes just for email, > it > > > seems silly to have to keep an isp if you might only use it a few times > a > > > year. Has some company addressed that problem? > > > > > > love, > > > > > > Diana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
