ISP's

[Charles]

Are there still any free ISP's out there worth give a try or any others that are as good as Earthlink for less $ in Northern California? Thanks.

[Charles]

How is the new NetZero working out? Is it worth it? Can you establish a connection without using their software? How about 2 people using the account with 2 usernames?

[SARGE]

Freebies losing because no one clicked on the banner ads, etc. You can find another ISP and compare prices:

http://webservices.cnet.com/html/ais...net_Access.asp

or

http://www.thelist.com

[glc]

Netzero is now 40 hours a month free - and you must use their software. From what I see lately, stick with Earthlink or switch to Surfree (same price and they don't bitch about multiple logons - yet).

[Charles]

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[SARGE]

If you want Juno, be my guest. If you want others accessing your pc, so be it. For $8 a month, you're asking for trouble, imho. Pay a few more $ and get a straight ISP. If you can afford a pc, you can afford respectable ISP's. With all the folks getting firewalls and virus scanners, to keep the snoops out, why pay someone $8 to invite them in? Different strokes for different folks.

[Charles]

Just checking options. I'm keeping Earthlink.

[Kubie]

Charles, check out Inreach.com. I had Earthlink for awhile and found out that it was 15 hops to connect and one or two of those timed out. Also had some packet lose. Inreach is based in No. Cal. and is still 19.95 a month. Their start page is nice and clean, unlike Earthlinks.
Carl