Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alex, To supplement on what Pascal told you re ISPs, you might find someone a bit less global than IBM who nonetheless would cover your needs (i.e. POPs in both the UK and Ireland). For example, my ISP is Euronet, which has local access numbers in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. It is quite cheap, and ideal for me as I am in the Netherlands two days each week. Perhaps you can find someone like that in the UK? Nathan Alex Hurst wrote: > Hi LUGnuts > > This question is addressed to all you globetrotters who appear to keep in > touch wherever you are in the world. > > My ISP in in Ireland, but I'm just about to set up an ancient Mac and modem > in my English residence for occasional use when we're over there. > > Obviously dialling up my ISP in Ireland would be an expensive exercise, but > I believe you can log on via other local ISPs as a guest. > > Questions: > > 1)How do you do it? > > 2) What's the best software to use (bearing in mind I'm a Mac freak?) > > All help gratefully received via private email to avoid clogging up the LUG. > > TIA > > Slan > > Alex > > Alex Hurst > Waterfall > Nr. Cork > Ireland > > Tel: +353 21 543 328 (H) > +352 21 270 907 (W) > > Fax: +353 21 271 248 > email: corkflor@iol.ie > Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > Business website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html