Chris Knadle wrote:
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
You could also approach some neighbor with a closed wireless network
and ask to join it, offering to share his cost. (I know--we're getting
into
territory of questionable legality, but desperate times require desperate
measures. And who's to know? Got to be somebody you trust, and who
trusts you.)
Bob Burroughs
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