My father still uses dial-up. I signed him up for an AllVantage dial-up account because it was only $5 a month. Recently AllVantage got bought by PeoplePC. There were two problems. PeoplePC charges $11 a month, and they require you to use their Windows only software for connecting. It seemed like a no go, so I called to cancel. The woman offered to only charge $4.47 for six months, I said no thanks, so when the woman said, $4.47 a month indefinitely, I figured it was worth figuring out a way around the requirement for the Windows software.
I first emailed their tech support address. I asked if I could just use PPP on a Mac. This is the response I got:
“Regarding your concern, we suggest you to reload PeoplePal Toolbar.”
I wrote back saying I just wanted to know about PPP and Mac support. I got this back:
Regarding your concern, we would suggest you to first connect to PeoplePC Online service using the PeoplePC dialer and then try accessing Internet explorer and Outlook Express.
That route was clearly a dead-end. I decided to just try it. First, I tracked down a local access number. You get a list here. (I had erroneously been looking for them in the support documentation.)
The rest turns out to be remarkably simple. Your username is simply your PeoplePC email address (username@peoplepc.com) and your account password.
With these three items in hand, PPP dial-up works flawlessly.
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Awesome, that’s what I needed to know. Just add the @peoplepc.com to the login name!
Comment by Dave 10.31.07 @ 3:26 pmLeave a comment
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Seems like a lot of hassle!!
Comment by Rob McDougall 08.20.07 @ 11:58 am