Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on July 1, 2006, 9:02 pm
wrote:
>Does anyone know of a backup email service with its own phone number? I
>had ISP connection problems earlier this AM and badly wanted to send an
>email. Preferably free or very cheap.
>Juno used to have such a free service but is now only available on the
>web, no local phone number without a monthly payment - like $5 - 10 a
>month last I looked. Too expensive for something I'd only use a few times
>a year, if that.
>Suggestions? Something more convenient than the library, which has
>limited hours.
You need more than an email account...
you need a backup dialup service.
Pick up a free AOL disk at the supermarket.
Great for emergencies.
I've signed up and cancelled more than once, myaself.
AOL is still free for the first month.
Juno, BlueLight and NetZero are no longer free. ;`(
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Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on July 1, 2006, 9:02 pm
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:13:58 -0000, gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)
wrote:
>What, no neighbors with unsecured wireless in your area? One of my
>co-workers has three or four around him.
Now, Gary, that's not nice! ;-)
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- JFK
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Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on July 1, 2006, 9:19 pm
> Meanwhile, it's much more likely
>that your unsecured wireless lan would be used to download child porn by
>someone just driving through the area,
That wouldn't scare me nearly as much as someone =uploading=
illegal content, or running P2P on my wireless LAN
(I speak hypothetically, because everything in this house is hard
wired with CAT5).
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-john
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
- JFK
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Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on July 1, 2006, 9:25 pm
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:23:15 -0000, gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)
wrote:
>For those of you who do take advantage of "free" WiFi, the magic
>acronyms for protecting your information are "VPN" and "HTTPS". Use
>one of them.
SSHD using HTTP tunneling. :-)
>If I ever put up a WAP, I'll have a tarpit on it. Doesn't take much
>hardware to do it.
And DMZ would have to be wired, though.
I can see the use of a WAP for laptops and iPods
(yes, iPod WiFi is right around the corner)
Don't they already offer them with Bluetooth?
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-john
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
- JFK
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Posted by Philip Lewis on July 5, 2006, 1:10 pm
>Juno, BlueLight and NetZero are no longer free. ;`(
actually, netzero has a 10 hour/month plan for free.
It's not well advertised though, and it fills part of your screen with
some ads.
I managed to accidently set it up on my grandmother's machine so it
doesn't have the ads, but I cannot recreate the setup. One bad thing
is that it doesn't store the connect number, though, so it has to be
selected each time.
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>had ISP connection problems earlier this AM and badly wanted to send an
>email. Preferably free or very cheap.
>Juno used to have such a free service but is now only available on the
>web, no local phone number without a monthly payment - like $5 - 10 a
>month last I looked. Too expensive for something I'd only use a few times
>a year, if that.
>Suggestions? Something more convenient than the library, which has
>limited hours.