Registered: Mar 2000
Location: South Jordan, UT, USA
Posts: 22

Since Freewwweb is gone, what Free services can I use to dial with my handspring modem? If there aren't any, are there any cheap internet services?

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Posts: 181

Juno is signing up Freewweb customers, see
http://www.juno.com/about_freewwweb/index.html

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 114

Don't you know Juno needs a special program to make the connection, which is only available for PC?

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Posts: 181

It's still working just fine for me. I downloaded all my POP3 mail (75 messages plus attachments) with MultiMail and browsed the web with Proxiweb. Try it -- what have you got to loose?

[This message has been edited by Charo (edited 07-27-2000).]

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Posts: 181

Another that I have heard that will work with a Palm OS PDA is freeinternet.com at www.freei.net
Worth a try anyway and they have local telephone access numbers in all 50 states.

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I have copied this from Pocket Press. It covers both Palm OS & Win CE devices. I haven't attempted to eliminate the CE portions. You might know someone that can use it. At the end there is also info on how to subscribe to the weekly Pocket Press.

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FREE ISPS FOR PDAS

Using "Free ISPs" to Browse the Web and Access AOL Mail from a PDA

Ten days ago, we learned that freewwweb.com had shut down, shunting its
members to Juno, an ISP that is not compatible with PDAs. As of this writing,
access to the Internet by connecting to FreeWWWeb still works; it is just
their email services and their web portal that has closed. However, it is
possible that this access will stop working abruptly in the future. Thanks to
two industrious people, Dale Shank and Douglas Pollock, we offer here
instructions for a couple of alternatives. Dale explains how to configure
Windows CE devices to work with Freei.net. Douglas does the same for Palm
owners and Worldshare.net. Both ISPs should work with all PDA operating
systems.

FreeInternet.com AKA Freei.net
by Dale Shank (Host Comp Dale)

A "Free ISP" that some PDA users have used succesfully in the past came to
mind as an alternative to freewwweb.com; that service is FreeInternet.com AKA
FreeI.net, of Baby Bob and Shaqi fame, for those of you that might still
watch TV.

When you go to www.freeI.net or www.freeInternet.com website you will find
that you can create an account right away. However, to get the dial up phone
numbers, you will have to download and install their software onto your
desktop (don't despair, you don't have to use it, exactly).

Once you create your user name and install their desktop client (the Windows
95 version is only about 1.9 Meg), and reboot your machine, you can log on
using their software. This will allow you to find and select the proper
dial-up phone number(s) and state code for your area. It will also create a
dial up networking entry in you're My Computer, Dial-Up Networking that you
can use as a model for setting up a Remote Networking connection from your
PDA. The installation of this software on your desktop does not alter the
workings of any of your other service providers.

Here is how to do it:

(A) To sign up with FreeI and create an account, go to: http://www.freei.net or http://www.freeinternet.com and select MY FREEI,
where you can create your user name and password. They will email you a
confirmation letter to your "current email address". You can also put this
off until after you download and install the software, as there is a Create
Account option during the login process that works exactly the same way.

(B) Now go to the DOWNLOAD FREEI and follow their instructions for
downloading and installing the software. Follow their instructions to log on
for the first time, and make note of the phone number and state code that is
selected for your area.

The following instructions will help you set up your account, your Windows CE
dialer for FreeI.net, and e-mail account.

(C) To setup your dial-up connection, follow these instructions:
From your H/PC or P/PC running Windows CE:
1. Tap the Start button on the Wince taskbar.
2. Tap the Programs group.
3. Double tap the Communications folder.
4. Double tap the Remote Networking icon.
5. Double tap the Make a New Connection icon.
6. Supply the name for this new Connection icon, like "FreeI" for example.
7. Select Dial-Up Connection
8. Tap the Next button
9. From the Select a modem list, choose your modem.
10. Tap the Configure button.
11. In Connection Preferences, select your modem's highest recommended Baud
Rate from the drop down list.
12. Select the Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits, and Flow Control used by FreeI.
This is where it is good to look at the Dial-Up Networking entry created on
your desktop, but it is likely you will simply accept the settings that are
already there.
13. Leave Manual Dial, Terminal Before Dialing and Terminal After Dialing
unchecked (blank).
14. Tap on the Call Options tab. These settings are optional for normal
dialing and modems. Change them only if you know you want one of the
features involved changed.
15. Tap the OK button in the upper right of the Device Properties window.
16. Tap the TCP/IP Settings button
17. Check the Use Server-Assigned IP address, Use software compression, Use
IP header compression, and leave Use Slip unchecked (blank).
18. Tap the Name Servers tab.
19. Check the Use Server-assigned addresses box, and leave all of the DNS and
WINS fields blank.
20. Tap the OK button.
21. Tap Next button, fill in the area code, enter the Telephone Number you
want auto-dialed. You will have found this and written it down when you
first logged on from your desktop to assure that the setup was correct.
Leave the Force long distance and Force local boxes blank.
22. Tap the Finish button.
23. Double tap the newly established connection (our example FreeI) icon.
Type [email protected] in User Name, and fill in your password, leave
domain blank and check the Save password box. Be certain to put the
@xx.freeI.net after your user name. The xx is for your state abbreviation,
which is discussed during the setup on the desktop and account creation.

(C) Configure Email
1. Select Inbox from your Pocket Outlook
2. Tap Services and select Options.
3. Tap the Services tab.
4. Tap the Add button. Select Service type of Internet mail or POP3, Put in a
unique Service name, such as FreeI, and then tap OK button.
5. From the Connection list, select the FreeI ISP.
6. In the POP3 Host, type: mail.xx.freeI.net (where xx is your state code)
7. In the SMTP Host, type: mail.xx.freeI.net (where xx is your state code)
This xx has to change if you travel to another state and access or send mail
using a different phone number. Check the online help, and put in POP3 in the
search box. You may want to set up additional connection profiles for other
states if you travel often.
8. In the User ID text box, type [email protected] (where xx is your home
state code), and type your password in the Password box, then check the Save
password.
9. Put in the same username (or another email of your choice) in the Return
address box, or you can leave it blank.
10. Leave the Domain box blank.
11. Tap Next, then Next, then Finish, unless you know what to do for those
advanced options.
12. Follow the similar steps to add your other pop3 email accounts.

(D) Connect to Pocket IE
1. Open up Internet Explorer
2. Click on View, and select Options.
3. Tap the Auto Dial Tab, check Use AutoDial, and choose the FreeI ISP
connection you just established.

For general use, I find it works best to establish your connection through
the Remote Networking dial-up connection, you can send a shortcut icon to the
desktop.. You can then launch your Pocket Internet Explorer, my default home
page address is file:///windows/default.htm - - you can then go to any web
site you choose.

General ISP Note:
Most ISPs provide several services to you. One is general access to the
Internet, another is one or more email addresses and associated service, and
yet another can be a web portal. FreeWWWeb provided all three of these, as
does FreeI.net - - for the time being it appears that FreeWWWeb's email
service and portal has been assumed by Juno, but their Internet connection
still is working. That could change at anytime.

Part of the free deal with FreeWWWeb was that you agreed to visit their home
page each time you logged on, presumably to view th

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check this: http://www.geocities.com/daveinfopa...ot_freeISP.html