On 11/29/01 3:58 PM, "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com> wrote:
> at the temporal coordinates: 11/29/01 3:48 PM, the entity known as James
> Elliott at rootbeeraddict_at_yahoo.com conveyed the following:
>
>>
>> MacAddict says that you can.
>>
>>>> If you are on a Mac, get a Mac.com address, unsubscribe and subscribe to
>>>> the list again, Apple probably won't go out of business any time soon.
>>>
>>> Can folks who are still on MacOS 8.1 use that stuff? Do they have dialup
>>> connectivity?
>>
>
> Actually, I just went to that article and it appeared to my reading that an
> OS 8.1 could NOT use it, at least not w/o going to 'heroic' measures.
>
> My plan right now is to dust off my 33.6 modem, load the s/w on one of my
> machines and just use the AOL account. If the shutdown appears it will be
> long/permanent, I'll probably get EarthLink DSL. Unless anyone in the
> DC/NoVA area knows of a reason not to go with them, that is... My quick
> research (based on the Washington Post's page that presents all the local
> DSL providers) is that they appear to have the best deal. And, apparently
> my neighborhood *can* get DSL now.
>
> BTW, anyone have any favorite e-mail aliasing/forwarding providers to
> recommend??
Eric,
Don't know where you are actually in the NoVA/DC area, but I'm in Herndon
and I'm subscribed to Cox Cable service. They have a decent price of $29.95
a month and so far, their service is quite good. Goes offline from time to
time, but they usually fix it pretty quickly.
-Laurent.
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