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September 22, 2010 at 11:24 AM
rwbyshe9

Need some assistance… re: Dial Up

by rwbyshe9 . Updated 15 years, 9 months ago

I’ll try not to make this to lengthy.

I have a 66 year old friend who is a quadraplegic and is confined to a county nursing home. His laptop computer, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. each evening after dinner, is his whole life. His laptop is the only thing he can truly physically control with very special optical/infrared equipment. He’s not in the same dire situation as Stephen Hawking but all he can move is his head.

Here’s the issue.
He has no other internet option in the hospital he’s in other than dial up. There is no high speed internet forcasted for the forseeable future.

He is currently with NetZero and constantly has email functionality problems with them.

Obviously, email is his social lifeblood.

My question is this.
In your expert opinions, what is the best overall dial-up ISP out there? Is there one that stands heads above all the others for functionality and “speed”?

I appreciate your help in (hopefully) making his life just a little bit better.

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