hey i've got a question, anyone know of a good and cheap dialup ISP that will work with both winblows and mac? i'm thinking like 10 bucks, because netzero has unlimited access for 10 bucks but i need something to use on my mac and pc, and aohell is at almost 25 dollars! its like they are forcing people to go broadband!
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earthlink
I have been on Earthlink for over 5 years now, and have found them to support BOTH Mac's and peecee's. They list Mac systems in their help que, so that you get routed to a tech that knows the Mac OS and ,most times, your hardware. I think they have a time limited dialup account available, but it might have been pulled. I do know that their unlimited dial-up service includeds 8 email addresses and web pages for all 8 (10MB of space each). I have gone over to DSL with them, and have 6 email addresses (I am using all six for different things).
All in all, I have found that Earthlink's support to be excellent. When I had bad speeds (for DSL) they worked until it was fixed. I now see speeds over 1900Kb/sec (download) with most being between 1911Kb and 1940Kb (not too shabby). 😀
Update... Since I have installed my new Airport Basestation (latest model), my wireless internet speeds seem to have gone up some. I now have been getting consistant speeds of between 1970Kbps and 1980Kbps. Most showing 1974-1976Kbps.
I have been on Earthlink for over 5 years now, and have found them to support BOTH Mac's and peecee's. They list Mac systems in their help que, so that you get routed to a tech that knows the Mac OS and ,most times, your hardware. I think they have a time limited dialup account available, but it might have been pulled. I do know that their unlimited dial-up service includeds 8 email addresses and web pages for all 8 (10MB of space each). I have gone over to DSL with them, and have 6 email addresses (I am using all six for different things).
All in all, I have found that Earthlink's support to be excellent. When I had bad speeds (for DSL) they worked until it was fixed. I now see speeds over 1900Kb/sec (download) with most being between 1911Kb and 1940Kb (not too shabby). 😀
Update... Since I have installed my new Airport Basestation (latest model), my wireless internet speeds seem to have gone up some. I now have been getting consistant speeds of between 1970Kbps and 1980Kbps. Most showing 1974-1976Kbps.
cb911
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Attn: people in Australia
i can't help people in the US, but i just got advised today that Telstra Bigpond and Macs are not a good combination. apparently if you're on Telstra your connection will drop out every 30 seconds. this is suppesed to be because of the modems that Macs use.
i can't help people in the US, but i just got advised today that Telstra Bigpond and Macs are not a good combination. apparently if you're on Telstra your connection will drop out every 30 seconds. this is suppesed to be because of the modems that Macs use.
Hawk Communications
Offers $10 unlimited PPP internet
http://www.hawkcommunications.com/files/pricing.asp
And if you are willing to risk an annual contract, it is only $7 a month. I've never tried them, but anyone with PPP access is able to support the Mac platform. http://www.macmaps.com/macppp.html shows you where to enter your PPP settings on every Mac OS since 7.0.
Offers $10 unlimited PPP internet
http://www.hawkcommunications.com/files/pricing.asp
And if you are willing to risk an annual contract, it is only $7 a month. I've never tried them, but anyone with PPP access is able to support the Mac platform. http://www.macmaps.com/macppp.html shows you where to enter your PPP settings on every Mac OS since 7.0.