This is chasing windmills, all ISP's divested of there dial-up service 5+ years ago. Therefor anyone who offers dial-up that works will make you pay DSL prices.
Bottom line, take a laptop to a library for free Wifi, or get DSL. I wish I were wrong. Joe On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody! Your opinions wanted here... > > ... for a quality ISP with inexpensive unlimited local dialup access, for > my parents. Do any of you know anyone who's using dialup locally and is > either happy or unhappy with their ISP? This is the kind of thing where > it's easy to get a list of ISPs, but I'd really appreciate anybody's > first-hand (or second-hand) experience on their quality. > > BestWeb dialup was fine at first, but it got to the point where it was > disconnecting them about every five minutes. They switched to NetZero which > has the advantage of being cheap ($10/month unlimited), but NetZero requires > their own customized browser, and the Windows version is impossibly buggy > and I couldn't even get their Linux version to dial. > > So would anybody be able to point me toward (or away from!) an ISP that > offers dialup with most of the following? > > Reliable (few busy signals, rarely drops connections) > Fast (usually connects around 50 kbps) > Local access numbers to Wappingers (e.g. Poughkeepsie or Newburgh) > Works with any standard browser and email client under any OS > Preferably inexpensive for unlimited access (e.g. closer to $10/month if > possible, but would consider more) > Customer support that knows what they're doing > Would be nice if it offered more than one email address per account > > This is the kind of thing where personal recommendations would be really > helpful. I suppose most of you have broadband, but I'm hoping you know > people who still use dialup and can offer some opinions on the ISPs. > > Thank you VERY much in advance! Just being able to tell my parents about a > /good/ ISP would be a nice Father's Day present in itself. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 3 - TBD > Jul 1 - TBD > Aug 5 - TBD > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 3 - TBD Jul 1 - TBD Aug 5 - TBD
