> > > Sign up for Juno's free Net service (as well as their free E-mail
> > > service) at:
> > > http://www.juno.com
> > sign up for Alta Vista's free Net service which can be downloaded at...
> > http://www.1stup.com
For anyone who might be interested in my experience with Alta Vista's free
Net service... I remembered that my first few (days of) problems in getting
hooked up were caused by the CD that I got from Computer Renaissance in
Portland. It must have been dated info and I couldn't get any of the access
numbers to work. I eventually downloaded the software from the above site.
It included several additional #'s for Oregon and one local #. Things
started going a lot better then.
Also, I've just discovered that when I click on the search (dropdown) tab on
the Portal, the advertising banner becomes Alta Vista's search window.
That's pretty cool.
But, this AM the program was different. When I clicked on the desktop Icon
to start the browser a couple of new windows came up that explained that I
was going to have to set up a "location" so that I could distinguish between
home and office access. Presumably for access #'s. While doing so I
noticed that there are now two local #'s for the telephone prefix that I
inputted. It would appear to me that they are downloading updates without
any... warning??? It seems to me that AOL for example always said that
there were updates available and asked if you wanted them downloaded. I
guess I'm wondering what else they might be able to do. Installing their
software does involve a "Networking Software" upgrade but I forget which one
right now. I wonder if that might allow some security measure bypass. I'd
sure be interested in any
thoughts?
Thanks,
John Morrison
