Cheap Linux-Friendly Dialup in Phoenix?

[Mike Schwartz]

Some comments re
the AzTeC Free-Net:
AzTeC is oriented towards text-only stuff
(think bash / terminal without X;
  or think "Dos" vs. Windows).
but that does not
necessarily mean that they are "e-mail only";
...they also have a  "lynx" web browser,
  and I think, a news reader of some kind
  ((although aren't there some web sites that
   have "groups" that are sorta gatewayed with
   Usenet? ...that seems preferable imho))
((did dejanews.com merge with Google groups?))
AzTeC also [used to?] have some local discussion
list[s], although I long ago stopped following
most of them - even the main one.  Like Usenet
groups,  but with an AZ (or Aztec) focus.
Now I think they offer POP3 email (text only)
with [free] SSL.
So anyways, maybe the phrase
   << "the old asu freenet" >>
is technically correct, - - since it does
include the word "old" - - note that
(before the current one, "aztecfreenet.org"),
their previous domain name was "aztec.asu.edu".
But  asu.edu was only one of several of
their original sponsors, - albeit a big one, since
ASU was also their (free) landlord / sys admin,
(free) ISP, and the source of several of their
initial volunteers, hardware, software,...&c
...well actually I think the software came from
(the "freeport" folks, at) cwru.edu.
   Now EMR is AzTeC's (free) landlord and ISP,
(including free inbound dial-in, I think)...;
and I recently read that Rick Lewis, (one of their
board members, plus I think he was the VP) is
moving to Washington state RSN - like, tomorrow.
I am not sure how 'relevant' AzTeC still is
in today's world, but I think some blind, or
"vision impaired" folks have a special fondness
for it, since they typically don't have much use
for graphics anyway, and sometimes they
can use gizmos with auto text-to-voice
conversion for stuff like text files or or e-mail
messages, or [some] web pages (like, from
mainstream media news outlets)
or - in some cases- possibly some
"Braille" output devices.
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com

On 9/11/06, KE7FEG <eculbert at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I had emr.net for awhile. There was, but don't know
> now, a linux guru there. Anyhow, the old asu freenet
> had to move from a server at asu and moved there for
> hosting.
>
> http://emr.net/pricing.php
>
> $9.95/mo and no limit if I remember correctly.
>
>
> I used knoppix and had to setup each bootup! It
> worked. (one machine I used had the 'saved config'
> setup) I got real good at navigating thru the config
> of ppp setup. Not anymore tho, slept twice since then.
>
> IF push comes to shove money wise, and email only will
> do it for them, I recommend aztec as it is FREE to
> local arizona residents. I still have my mid-1994
> email account there!
>
> http://aztecfreenet.org/
>
> --- Mike Schwartz <mike.l.schwartz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/11/06, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > vodhner at cox.net wrote:
> > > > Well, Cox has bumped their low-end access from
> > about $24 to more like
> > > $30 monthly, blowing my friend's disability-check
> > budget.
> > > >
> > > > He mentioned NetZero but I think they require a
> > special Windows client
> > > -- and I know that such clients claim to boost
> > effective connection speed
> > > with added compression and caching features.
> > > >
> > > > So if I'm trying to keep him running on Linux,
> > what's his best bet?  I'd
> > > like to keep his bill no higher than about $20 for
> > connect +
> > > mailbox.  Performance features would be nice, but
> > keeping him off Windows --
> > > priceless!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any advice.  See P.S.
> > below regarding his setup.
> > > >
> > > > Vic
> > > >
> > > > P.S. -- I've dual-booted his XP doorstop with
> > Feather Linux.  I was
> > > interested to see that XP Pro works OK on a
> > Pentium II with 130 MB of memory
> > > (taking 2:50 to boot up) but Ubuntu, Linspire and
> > a bunch of others did not
> > > manage to come up effectively.  I was real happy
> > with Feather Linux, a Slax
> > > derivitive:  came up clean, detected everything,
> > and runs real snappy.
> > > >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > > PLUG-discuss [...]
> > >
> > > FastQ has dialup that works with linux (one of my
> > friends uses it on
> > > linux).
> > > Toll Free: 1.877.983.2787
> > > http://www.fastq.com/resdialup.php
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > JD Austin
> > > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
> > > email: jd at twingeckos.com
> > > http://www.twingeckos.com
> > > phone/fax: 480.288.8195
> > >
> > >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > PLUG-discuss [...]
> > >
> >
> > > keep his bill no higher than about $20 for connect
> > + mailbox
> >
> > Other previous replies give example[s] of
> > a cheap ISP so I guess that takes care of the
> > "connect"
> > (I still use NetZero "Platinum" dialup, 9.95/mo.) ;
> > My 0.02:
> > For "mailbox", I use, and recommend, either
> > yahoo.com or gmail.
> > I used to use Yahoo [more], and it was fine
> > until I started to subscribe to this list
> > (which is now responsible for  more than half of
> >  all of my incoming e-mail).
> > Then, I switched to gmail because it has a
> > "threaded" feature (like a news reader)
> > where each thread is called a "conversation", - -
> > as long as you don't change the subject.
> > I prefer that, since a huge "conversation" now
> > only takes up 1 slot in my IN box.
> > With yahoo or gmail, the "mailbox" part
> > would be free [as in free beer] - right?
> > --
> > Mike Schwartz
> > Glendale  AZ
> > schwartz at acm.org
> > Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com
> > >
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