I spoke to a friend who owns an ISP in St. Charles County. He said that dial up is not a profit center, ie it is expensive to offer, and the market cannot support the prices someone needs to maintain it.
He mentioned two possibilities: I local provider, like a university or library system that has excess capacity and would support it in exchange for supporting some of the line costs, or a larger carrier like juno (if they are still around) or aol who would support it in exchange for publicity. To that end, I would recommend that we approach the Saint Louis UNIX Users Group. I have no contacts there as I became inactive some four years ago. However, several of our volunteers are members, I believe. They used to offer the service and may still have it. One warning, I believe they have 14K connections. Long term, we need to check out transitioning to DSL. ATT offers a low end service for about $10 a month. Others may be willing to match the ATT concept. Perhaps we can approach donors to underwrite the costs of subsidizing for one year. Susan Turk wrote: > Perhaps the doctor from Cardinal Glennon who gave us the grant could > help look into whether SLU would help provide free internet to our grads. > > susan > > */Kenneth E Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > I don't know. > > */Susan Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Would it b possible to find an alternate free internet service > provider such as a university? > > */"Kenneth E. Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > I was having trouble with the Internet Service and called > them on the > phone. I was informed that the service was discontinued on > July 1 due > to budgetary restrictions. > > I've had calls from adults about no connection. One > computer is in the > shop for repairs. I changed the OS from 2000 to Win XP and > changed > modems and this prompted the call. > > They said they sent me an e-mail two months ago. I never > read their > e=mail and only use it for testing. > > I'll recruit a kids class for July 14 and make no promises > about the > Internet. We will tell the adult class about this and > offer them their > money back and cancel their course. I presume most of them > will > continue without the Internet. > > There are probably about 100 people with less than 1 year > of service. > > > > >
