AOL regrets to advice you that our three 28.8 Modems have had technical
difficulties. Therefore dialup users in SA, NT and WA will not be able to
access the service until further notice.
:)
Andrew Nielsen wrote:
Note - if by
some sick inclination you are possibly considering AOL,
: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 11:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OS X and ISP settings
'couple of years ago I was asked to help an AOL user connect
her PB (here in WA).
After talking with AOL tech support, I learned that the
French version of the AOL software wasn't compatible
I am preparing to make the leap [of faith?] to OS X in the near future. I
think I read somewhere that the ISP must support OS X before I can connect
to the internet via my dialup modem connection. I know that's vague but its
all I can recall. I don't see how/why my dialup settings would alter or
At 16:59 +1100 28/01/2002, Peter Sealy wrote:
... think I read somewhere that the ISP must support OS X before I can connect
to the internet via my dialup modem connection.
Nah, nah, nah... the Internet is the Internet is the Internet. Any
normal ISP can support dial-up connections via PPP.
At 10:37 +0800 29/01/2002, Bob Howells wrote:
Note - if by
some sick inclination you are possibly considering AOL, they are not
a normal ISP.
I second that
To quote their marketing people, It's an AOL thing.
I assume by that they are referring to their proprietary-ness :-)
--
Andrew
'couple of years ago I was asked to help an AOL user connect
her PB (here in WA).
After talking with AOL tech support, I learned that the
French version of the AOL software wasn't compatible with the
Australian version - the US version would work, but the user
would have to dial
verily on 29/1/02 11:34 AM, our learned friend Andrew Nielsen residing at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spake this wisdom:
At 16:59 +1100 28/01/2002, Peter Sealy wrote:
... think I read somewhere that the ISP must support OS X before I can
connect
to the internet via my dialup modem connection.
at the time
was in Ireland, for the English AOL, and it was also very painful. From
memory the AOL uses some form of IPX protocol instead of tcp/ip
sTEVE
-Original Message-
From: crazy_ebot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 11:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OS X
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