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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:25:40 PST7
From:	"George M. Boyd" <bb385@lafn.org >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Nationwide ISP recommendation

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xowatson@concentric.net wrote:
>
> >
> Anybody have opinions on Earthlink? My cable company (Time
> Warner) now partners (unwillingly, I presume) with Earthlink. I don't
> like paying Time Warner or any other government enforced
> monopoly, so I like the idea of paying Earthlink for Time Warner
> broadband service. And Earthlink is nationwide so I presume I can
> use it on the road, too. Will that work?
>
> I travel quite a bit and currently use Concentric, which used to be
> local (Orange County) ISP Deltanet. Concentric bought them, and
> they're nationwide. They have local numbers in most cities I go to.
> Reasonably reliable. I also have an AOL account which has
> dialups most everywhere. I don't particularly care for their interface,
> but my mom does, and we share an account. If you know anybody
> with an AOL account, you can generate an extra "screen name" for
> your use for no extra cost, you get the local numbers for the city
> you're travelling to before you leave, and you can dial in there for
> free. Only one connection at a time, though, so if your benefactor is
> online (dialup, broadband, whatever) you can't connect. You can
> probably set your local account to forward mail to your AOL account
> while you're travelling. Actually, you can get a new account for the
> free month during your travel and cancel before it's over if you're
> willing to put up with the hassle of listening to them whine. Register
> again next trip. No cost, just tell them your credit card number. Or
> you'r wife's. I don't recommend it, but lots of hackers use that
> method to get free time.

Dave:

Ask Marvin at mzauss@earthlink.net about Earthlink DSL. He
switched from PacBell and likes it better. Mention my name.

Regards,

George Boyd

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