On Monday 09 February 2009, Joseph T Apuzzo wrote: > Here is his question: > > "Joe, I need to access an email account after I hand in my Laptop > so that I can apply to Jobs. I can't afford the DSL or Cable Modem > bill since I will be on a fixed income ( being well within > retirement age ). Is there a free or nearly free way to just access > email at home? I can access the internet from the Library as > needed, but you always need access to your email" > > So what are the options? Internet via Cellphone and give up > land-line? Ultra-cheap dial-up (does it exist) ? > He will have a Laptop so yes some of the time he can get WiFi when > he is at the Library or Mc Donald's. > But does anyone have a clever way to access just email at home for > someone on a fixed income?
The only super-cheap way I can think of is to borrow someone else's open wireless, but doing this as a day-to-day solution has several issues with it. For one... would you want to do your banking using open wireless? -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected]
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