On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:39:03AM -0500, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > Hey all, > > I have found two ISPs who claim "free" Internet service, but they come > with caveats. > > Juno and NetZero (their web sites look identical except for the names, > and their product lines likewise ... could it be the same company?) do > offer a "free" service. BUT. It is limited to 10 hours per month; > after that, there is a charge for additional hours used, which can rack > up very quickly. Also, they require a credit card to set it up. Oh, > and you can only use Linux if you pay for "platinum" service, not with > their "free" product. > > PeoplePC offers a low-cost (not free) dial-up service, but they are not > Linux-compatible. And they still require a credit card to set it up. > > People have been talking about AT&T's promised $10-per-month high-speed > Internet access ... but there was an article about that in last week's > Post-Dispatch, pointing out that it was nearly impossible to actually > *get* that rate from them. > > Maybe it would be possible to approach Earthlink for a donation of ISP > services? > > Ideas?
I can think of only two other options: 1. Contact Charter and see if they can do something. Maybe they have a program for low-income families. 2. Start our own ISP???? Didn't SLUUG offer dialup not too long ago? What are the costs associated with that? sean -- Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:23:25 -0500
