on 12/30/04 4:07 PM, Joseph Welling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use DSL myself--part of a package with my business phone. I've got 2 > relatives that I helped set up with "themacisp.com". I recommend that > especially for older macs. If you're using X, support isn't much of > an issue anywhere, I think. > > My girlfriend has an iMac with os9 and uses earthlink. She likes their > support (pretty mac-friendly), but I believe she's paying too much. > > Just my 2 cents--for what it's worth. > > Joe
I find paying for dial-up isn't worth it if you use it for more than just e-mail. Even surfing the web requires a faster connection now-a-days due to all the fancy graphics and animation. Up here in Toronto (Canada), we have 2 major companies vying for the general consumer's dollar and a few smaller companies fighting for the business sector's dollar. One of the major companies offers DSL and the other company offers cable. I've found that the DSL seems to be more stable than the cable service. Now I suppose the stability issue is probably due to cheap equipment being used by the cable company and techs who don't know what they're doing. I've been on the same DSL service for 5 years and (knock on wood) it's only been down once and that was just for 1/2 a day. With the speed that DSL or even cable offers, I would never go back to dial-up. Both however don't have much support for Macs but then again I've never really had to do much configuring. My wife's uncle took the cable package and just setting up his wireless router for Win XP was a pain in the *ss. I've never seen so much configuring just to get the e-mail working on the router. In the end he just gave up and chucked the router up into the attic. In the end for dial-up you're basically looking at support. Most ISP's offer the same basic packages with just a few minor differences in # of e-mails, SPAM control, usage per month, etc. The prices are roughly the same. Try and see if you can afford the high speed service and for that instead of the dial-up. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
