Ooh, thanks! I just checked the jack on the side of my Macbook by putting a phone chord in and it fit. I guess mine really does have a modem! I thought it was only an ethernet. How can I check this? This is all very good because the Comcast connection is back to it's old tricks. So I signed up with a company called Toast.net, largely because I can't afford Earthlink at $21.95 a month out of my own pocket (though I loved it and had it for nine years with hardly any problems before my family switched). Anyway, this one's only $9.95 a month and there's no contract, so I can cancel any time. Right now, it's choppy at best, but I've only been using it for one day and I need to figure out if it's because of the mini blizzard we're having or if the phone lines here are that bad because this number's had problems even when our tennent used to use it. I've also looked at basic-isp.net and copper.net, but both seem to be the same company, only the former charges $6.95 a month and latter charges $3 more. All of these don't require software and don't have advertising. Anyway, any good low-cost dialup providers would be welcomed. (We have nationwide calling, so numbers aren't an issue). Also, since I think my Mac does have the modem, anything that's especially Mac -compatible would be great. In the meantime, thanks for everything and maybe if Comcast ever does start working, I'll see you all on the highspeed end of things again.
Later, Tiffanitsa On 2/9/08, Greg Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple sells a USB modem. Some MacBooks have built in modems. > Greg Kearney > 535 S. Jackson St. > Casper, Wyoming 82601 > 307-224-4022 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Feb 9, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > I won't even go into the problems I've been having with my Comcast > > broadband internet service because it would be offtopic and the email > > would be huge. Let's just say I've completely had enough. So does > > anyone know anything about using external dialup modems on the > > Macbook? I know it has an ethernet one built in but that I'd have to > > buy one for dialup. I've heard that Apple makes one but that it's not > > all that good. If this is true, can I use another brand and which > > one? Help would be sincerely appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Tiffanitsa > > > > >
