After over 10 years of using Earthlink once as a dialup ISP, later as an on-the-road and backup connection, I finally closed the account late last year. And I am now thinking I may have made an error. I used to be able to use the Earthlink account's eMail specs and my UserID/Password to set up eMail alerts from various firewall devices and backup software. I cut all that over to another ISP's info. But that ISP has lately begun to require me to use authentication for outbound eMails, and some of the firewalls do not support that feature. So I am considering looking at another dial-up ISP (likely not Earthlink $$) to correct that. It is not a major issue, but I prefer to know if anything is going on with a problem before anyone else knows. It is part of how I have been able to attain Hero Status with several clients of mine <g>.
That said, I always found Earthlink to be reliable. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Dialup Internet Backup > > > I agree with that Paul. The only reason I would be using it is because > the provider is down. Earthlink has been great as a backup but > too pricey. > > > Jeff > > Jeff Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SanDC, Inc. > 623-582-0323 > Fax 623-869-0675 > > Phoenix Python User Group - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Paul McNett wrote: > > Jeff Johnson wrote: > >> I have had Earthlink for many years and just canceled it > mainly because > >> of cost. I only need it as a backup when the broadband goes > down. I am > >> also moving from Qwest VDSL to Cox for my Internet service. > Does anyone > >> know of an inexpensive dialup service I can subscribe to as a backup? > >> Does Cox provide a dialup? > > > > IMO if you want a backup dialup it shouldn't be from the same provider. > > Ideally, it would be an 800 number to a different region entirely. > > > > Paul > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
