Dialin Access to Cable Modem

[Leo J Mauler]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:13:36 -0600 (CST) "Paul Taylor"
<paul at kcnetcare.com> writes:
> I just love the legal advice that comes from a KCLUG forum. 
> One thing I know is illegal is giving legal advice in a State 
> which you don't have a legal license. Go figure, lawyers 
> write the laws.

On the other hand, that kind of law is similar to preventing people 
from giving medical care advice if you don't have some sort of 
medical professional certification or degree.

I think we can take it as read that all people on the KCLUG 
list, unless they state otherwise, are not lawyers, and as such 
the universal disclaimer applies:

"This forum is not intended to be a substitute for advice from 
a real professional lawyer."

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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:08:44 -0600 chuckx at cold-sun.com writes:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:28:03AM -0600, Leo J Mauler wrote:
> > 
> > Lemme tell ya about TWC's special "dial-up" access.
> > 
> > It doesn't exist as part of regular RoadRunner Service!
> > 
> > You have to pay them another $15-$20 a month for dialup service, 
> > in addition to whatever you're paying them for RoadRunner.
> 
> I don't know where you got that information from, but it is 
> incorrect.
> 
> http://dialaccess.rr.com
> 
> The service is free for the time being.  When the trial period ends 
> (if it ever does), you still get the first 10 hours / month for free.

I apologize, my information was not correct.  I was thinking 
about what I would *rather do* than have to limit myself to 
10 hours Internet Access a month.  :)

I mean, think about it for a minute: just how long would it take you 
to use up 10 hours of Internet Access?  The first day of the month?
The first ten hours of the month?  $10 a month for some basic ISP 
starts to sound like a deal even on top of RR service when you 
really start thinking about how long it would take you to use up your 
10 hours a month.

JUNO and NetZero still offer "free Internet Access", to the same 
tune as RR dial-up: ten hours a month.  The only benefit RR 
probably provides is that they don't try to cut you off at three 
hours and claim you used ten (you're getting JUNO/NetZero for 
free, how are you going to complain about it?)

> The only pain is that you need to use a login script that will 
> handle the different POP's you may dial into.  The dialin script is 
> distributed as part of a dialup application that's available on the 
> above web site.  If you're dialing from a Linux machine, google for 
> a solution.  I know others have ported the script or implemented an 
> equivalent work around.

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