Re: [SLUG] People PC

From: Pete Theisen (petet@acun.com)
Date: Thu Oct 27 2005 - 19:40:44 EDT


Robert Snyder wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Bill Shaw wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 10/27/05, Pete Theisen <petet@acun.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am dumping my hosting service and out goes my seldom-used dial-up
>>>> account with it. I may occasionally need dial-up. Has anyone any
>>>> experience with People PC?
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.peoplepc.com/opt/s/index.html>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I believe you have to use their dialer to connect and it's Windows
>>> only. If
>>> you're using cable/dsl at home I believe both companies provide
>>> limited dial
>>> up service as part of the package though.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I know Road Runner does, but I haven't figured out the sequence to log
>> in from Linux yet. It dials up fine, but then I'm at some prompt with
>> no clue how to proceed.
>>
>>
> I have free dial up with verizon but I have it for free as I am still
> grandfathered in from when i was beta testing GTE dsl here in sarasota.
> it is great for when I am not near wifi.

Hi Robert!

Yeah, 20 hours for $8.95 is not worth it.

Regards,
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