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Posted by David Vitale on 02-17-2001 09:53 PM:

Question

I've just purchased a Thinmodem for my Prism. While our family is on Earthlink, is there any 'better' or 'recommended' ISP providers for Thinmodem / Visor access? Does anyone out there know of any providers that offer a special package for handheld users?

Also, is there any way to hook up to Yahoo Mail?

thanks -- there's a lot of great users on this forum and i appreciate all of the info -- dave


Posted by mmendo1 on 02-18-2001 12:12 AM:

If you're on Earthlink, you can just use them to access the net with your thinmodem, really no hassles there. If you were with some company like AOL who would let you do anything except surf the web on your visor, then I would recommend AT&T for $5/month for a 150 hours (I think). But since you can use your existing ISP with your visor, you're all set to go. So just use your existing ISP and don't make things harder on yourself

Marty


Posted by Matthew Nichols on 02-18-2001 01:13 AM:

It looks like AT&T requires a nav bar that has a banner (though it can be closed) and therefore probably can't be used with a Visor.

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Posted by mmendo1 on 02-19-2001 05:43 AM:

Actually, there was a thread dealing with this a while ago in which that very issue was raised and a couple of people posted they had successfully gotten the visor to work with the ATT service with no navigation bar, no special settings or hacks required.

Marty


Posted by DGLewis on 02-19-2001 05:40 PM:

ISP

I use AT&T Business Interner Services for VisorPhone/Blazer browsing.
No banners and cheap.
See: -
http://services.prserv.net/svc


Posted by DGLewis on 02-19-2001 05:42 PM:

ISP(again)

If the link on my previous post doesn't work please try: -
http://www.attbusiness.net/


Posted by David Vitale on 02-20-2001 02:30 AM:

The only problem with the ATT service is that they require you to sign your life away -- they have access to everywhere you go, have verbage in their contract that they will survey you on your usage and you have to answer, etc. I ended up going with Qwest service and forwarding everything to my Yahoo account -- so I could check without having to use a separate mail server. Seems to be working well now.


Posted by frankp on 03-26-2001 02:25 AM:

Re: ISP

quote:
Originally posted by DGLewis
I use AT&T Business Interner Services for VisorPhone/Blazer browsing.


I've been trying to use AT&T Business services with a Platinum and Thinmodem+ with no success at all. I get a Fatal Error everytime I try to connect using AT&T's dialer. Do you have any experience with that?

Phil Frank


Posted by David Vitale on 03-26-2001 11:39 PM:

I never hooked up the AT&T service due to their requirements for access as well as the banner issues -- sorry, can't help.
dave


Posted by frankp on 03-27-2001 03:03 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by David Vitale
[Bas well as the banner issues[/B]


Actually, the banners are only an issue with their $5/month service. I'm subscribed to the "Business" service, which (for the cheapest service) is also only $5/month, but is limited to 5 free hours. The plus side is that I have worldwide access numbers. The limitation on time isn't an issue for me because I only use the service for accessing my email when I'm on the road, and I'm more interested in coverage.

Another plus (when it's working) is the Palm dialer. All you have to do is look up your country and nearest city, and it populates the dialer with the correct numbers for you.

Phil


Posted by wbowser on 04-01-2001 01:50 PM:

AT&T

I am an AT&T user. Tell me more about the palm dialer. I am going on a business trip and it would really help me out.


Posted by frankp on 04-02-2001 02:34 PM:

AT&T Dialer

I believe the dialer to which I referred is only for use with the AT&T Global network (not the consumer network). I'm not sure how the two networks differ, except that the consumer network is MUCH cheaper and there are international access numbers available through the Global service.

If you have service through the Global Network you should check out the dialer. It's essentially a database of all of the access numbers worldwide, which makes it really nice when you leave home and forget to get the local numbers before you leave.

Here's the URL for the AT&T Palm Dialer: http://www.attglobal.net/softctr/hhd_palmos.html. Check it out.

Phil Frank


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