Hello all, I know somebody asked if accessing 1NOL without using their Bloatware was illegal. Well, the same sort of conversation came up on the FREENet list shortly after the workaround was discovered, (which incidentily was right after their reorganization in late May-early June). Brian Johnson, the list owner of the FreeNET list, called thier tech support and here is a copy of the e-mail that he sent to the list in regards to what he was told. I just called 1nol (anonymously), and asked very specifically if it would violate TOS... The tech said "You can't connect without the software", to which I replied "Yes, but if I *did* find a way to connect without the software, _would_that_violate_TOS_?" He replied that since it's not specifically listed in the TOS, then it's not a violation. He added that it's 1nol's attitude that they know that some people will find a way around it, and that even if they do it's not widespread, so they're not too worried about it. Also, interestingly, he added that there is a Mac version of the software coming out soon, and if there are enough requests, they'll consider porting to other platforms as well. As for how they make their money, I really don't know. As for why some areas have no numbers, the way I understand it is this: 1NOL stands for 1 Nation On Line and it is mainly targeted towards areas that are high in Hispanic populations since that is their primary target audience. In most instances, if the area doesn't have a very big Hispanic population, they probably will not have an access number. Now, I have a question. Since the reorganization, I have not been able to access 1NOL because they took away my local number. Before the reorganization, I used them on both my Win3.1/DOS machine and the Windows 98 machine and I found them an excellent provider with great connection speeds. Are they still good at that? I think that's all, Matt
