Dial Up Service

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I have spent several hours over several weeks reviewing info in the
newsgroups, and talking, via voice and email, with my current ISP. I live
way out in the sticks and dial up is about my only option. So can anyone
tell me if there is a good dial up service, generally available, that works
with Vista. I have tried emailing several of them and gotten either no
response or negative answers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in
advance,
 
The ISP should not matter
Its your connection and modem support in Vista which will decide
No ISP will currently "support" Vista because its not final
 
DialUp connection in Vista follows the same way as in XP. Same is for ADSL /
Cable and the like connections.
No Matter what ISP. #

Like other posters here said its a matter of hardware to be recognized in
Vista or if Vista takes the XP drivers for your modem. If you have a working
modem then :

You go via

Connect to / New connection > establish a Internet Connection > use Dialup

and you will be asked the name and the phonenumber.

Modemproperties in the controlpanel and in devicemanager.

I have tested this with a USB Modem ELSA Microlink USB 56K

Works exactly/ very similar as in XP.
 
You need to make sure the ISP supports user configured dial up connections.
If it is a company that requires you to use their software to connect, then
you could have an issue with Vista. I know that Netzero/Juno requires you to
use their software and compuserve used to (I don't know if they still do).
Otherewise, as others have said, it shouldn't matter.

-Mike
 
I would never use a ISP like AOL or such that forces me to use any kind of
extra software.

Internet Access can not rely on what one is using for OS.

Think of people on Macs and those that use Linux; BeOS, BSD or outdated
Windows ...

What if you now run luckily XP or Vista but decide next year to go over to a
new System ?

SBJ
 
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Bert



I read you however, I am using Walmart Connect. It installs a WAN miniport driver to connect, written by AOL(so I'm guessing it's a subsidiary of AOL). This Wan driver is what is not recognized, not my modem. If I get the gist of the answers here, most ISP's don't use proprietary drivers? Which ones DON'T is my question?
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Earthllink allows me to use a POP3 e-mail client (which includes Vista
Mail).
*THEY* will send you their "Total Access 200x" package. (IMHO bloat)
YOU DO NOT have to use it, but be prepared to support yourself as the
idiots on the phone can not deal with other products.
EL does have excellent (OK, just good) tutorials online for common
products like Eudora, Outlook, Firefox/Thunderbird, Agent)
Visit www.earthlink.com and browse to Support.

Check out "Internet Access Numbers" (Left side) to see if they have
you covered LOCALLY., The tutorials link is here also.
 
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Bert


Steve Urbach said:
Earthllink allows me to use a POP3 e-mail client (which includes Vista
Mail).
*THEY* will send you their "Total Access 200x" package. (IMHO bloat)
YOU DO NOT have to use it, but be prepared to support yourself as the
idiots on the phone can not deal with other products.
EL does have excellent (OK, just good) tutorials online for common
products like Eudora, Outlook, Firefox/Thunderbird, Agent)
Visit www.earthlink.com and browse to Support.

Check out "Internet Access Numbers" (Left side) to see if they have
you covered LOCALLY., The tutorials link is here also.

Thanks guys,
Click to expand...
We can close this one out now. I found a service, Copper.net.
Click to expand...
Bert
 
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