Hello Sharol - While you shouldn't have to, sometimes it is just easier to switch than fight.
Why not set up a GMail account (if you don't already have one -- many of us can provide an invitation to do so) and change your Win-Home account to that. GMail can be accessed, both send and receive, either with their browser interface or by POP/SMTP. Directions for the latter is on the GMail web page. Alternatively, set up a cheap domain and it can be accessed through ANY ISP and remains constant no matter who that ISP may be. As recently discussed in a thread I started a couple of weeks ago, you can (or could at the time) register your own domain at Yahoo for $2.99/year and host it at E-Rice for $5/year. Additionally, you can register a domain at Go Daddy for $7.95/year, and while you don't get a website without additional cost, you DO get one free email account as part of the deal, hosted by Go Daddy. I currently have one to several accounts as described above and they all work quite well. As to Wild Blue, if you get a good install, it should work quite well for you. They are a new company, as compared to DirecWay, but folks over on the satellite forums at BroadBand Reports generally speak highly of them. Just bear in mind that satellite internet is NOT real broadband, but it BTHOO dial up! I have had DirecWay for 15 months now and no WAY would I want to go back to dial up. You might want to check http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/sat Note that across the top of that page there are tabs for Wild Blue, Direcway, etc. Many of the people on the Wild Blue forum are previous DirecWay users, and if I were just now buying a system, it would likely be with Wild Blue rather than DirecWay too. Newer technology for one thing (KA band vs. KU with DirecWay) and reports of MUCH more responsive tech support. I find that the satellite forums there for satellite internet are quite comparable to the list here for Windows. Just a Real World caveat: If you get Wild Blue, or ANY satellite ISP, expecting anything comparable to your existing DSL, you WILL be disappointed. Just due to the nature of the beast, latency is a BIG issue. Most of your pings on DSL are likely in the low middle digits, while just due to the length of the space-segment of a satellite ping, the best you are going to do is ~500ms, and realistically, it will be around 750ms and up. Best of luck with Wild Blue. - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sharol Cutrell Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 20:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WINHOME] Testing That was also my feeling. Especially since a couple of other members of the list are having the same problem. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), I will be changing providers in a week or so when I move out of DSL range. I have no idea what my new e-mail will be (it is through Wild Blue)until it gets set up and running Wednesday. AT that point I can change my subscription e-mail and all should be well again even if SBC doesn't get their act together. Until then, I'll just use the archives to follow the doings of the list... -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
