If is available in your area, for that price (or a little less) you could be getting Yahoo DSL (through SBC) which would more than double your speed AND free up your phone line. DSL works through your phone line but works in the background, eliminating lost calls or the need for a seperate line. They now have little boxes (or software) for regular dial up users which alert you to incoming calls. It allows you to take the call or ignore it (some have caller ID). Netscape and NetZero have $9.95 mo unlimited plans. To search for cheaper services in your area try
http://www.thelist.com/areacode.html Just type in your area code. BTW you can get a Yahoo mail account regardless of who you use as a provider. Stunt > > Lori, I am not very computer savvy and before getting paralyzed had never > used a computer. After my accident I got AOL and pay $24 a month--I have had > them for almost 8 years now.I have thought of changing providers a few times > but some people tell me I had better not because some don't have e- mail service > and are not good for searching or looking up stuff on the net and so > on........the money for each provider can be quite different--- are the services of > all the different providers much different ? I am quite computer dumb and > don't use my computer for web site or that type of thing. ( Funny my part time > job is selling services by phone for a local computer service and support > company ) > > Dan > > -- Freedom: United States Constitution� 1791 All Rights Preserved My first Domain http://nw-in.com/index.html http://quads.nw-in.com/quad-enter.html Pics http://quads.nw-in.com/quad-list/quad-list1.htm Home page. http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ Computer Graphics portfolio. http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm

