connecting to the Internet

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Interesting subject Clark. Of course we all have enough
hands in our pockets to extract their montly due: gas,
electric, phone, rent/tax, did I mention groceries?

I have been using dialup since forever but, and this
is an odd coincidence, I thought I should check out
whether I was in range of a wifi (wireless) access
point. This requires a little antenna gadget which
connects to the computer with a USB cable. So
I plugged it in (2 days ago) and low and behold, I 
found I was linked to a wifi access point named 
default. It runs at best about 8 to10x faster than dialup 
but varies.

And the price is right.

I have been wondering who default is, I think it is
Ephraim 2 apartments down who once told me
he has DSL or cable but also runs a wifi network
between his computers. Or someone else. I am 
waiting for Ed Penak to tell me whether there is 
a way to identify one's wifi access point. Ed is 
going to law school in Houston but comes home 
for the weekend.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Santos" <clarksantos@argolink.net>
To: <GHETTO2@LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>; <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: (no subject)


> Since nobody is talking this morning, have the aliens done it or is it a 
> republican ploy to control the internet.
> 
> I am changing from dial up internet service to cable with earthlink, 
> which uses a time-warner cable hookup. They also have a digital 
> telephone service called unlimited talk, which offers phone service with 
> all amenities and unlimited long distance for $29.95, which they assure 
> me will be $32.39 on the bill with TT&L. They have the same service with 
> 500 minutes LD (US & Canada) for $24.95 or $27.17
> with TT&L,
> 
> With my current phone service, having 200 minutes LD, costing $46.15 and 
> dial up costing $10.00, i figure by installing airport and charging my 
> renter one half the cable fee, i will increase my internet speed by 
> 50-70 times, and have unlimited long distance for only $53.00/mo., 
> thereby saving 1/10 of what a bottle of my scotch costs.
> 
> Has anybody on the ghetto list had experience with the earth link phone 
> service? If so, please let me know of any problems.
> 
> 
> El Patron de electronico
>