If your friend already has Verizon telephone service and is within DSL range he might want to look at their offerings again. For a while they were offering some pretty cheap plans ($10-$15/month), you had to dig pretty deep into their site to find them tho. If he's looking for cheaper than that I suspect that he will have to either hop on to a neighbor's wifi or stick to the library/panera option.
P.S. If he is doing the neighbor/public wifi, remind him to use SSL when accessing webmail sites by visiting the https version of his web mail provider. ____________________________ Sean O'Connor http://seanoc.com On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Joseph T Apuzzo wrote: > >> "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? >> > I can think of two ideas: > > Free email account with web access (Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) and access it thru > the web browser at the library. > > Cheap dialup. My parents have NetZero for $10/month for unlimited web & > email, and there are others. I think there used to be free ones if you > could put up with tons of ads. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 4 - TBD - 6th Birthday > Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz > Apr 1 - TBD > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 4 - TBD - 6th Birthday Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz Apr 1 - TBD
