pay-as-you-go

[BigJim]

Please can anyone recommend a good pay as you go connection for internet and email.
I am trying to set one up for an aged lady friend, she used to be on freeserve but got loads of spam. had decided on ecosse.net, but couldn't connect this afternoon, they have been taken over by breathe and are no longer completely free ( i.e. are 0845 plus 1p per minute, as opposed to just 0845 cahrges).
I don't want to go back to freeserve

[Alf Tupper]

( i.e. are 0845 plus 1p per minute, as opposed to just 0845 cahrges).
I don't want to go back to freeserve

Not all 0845 numbers are 1p a minute some can be a lot more depending on the time of day.

We faced this last year and went to broadband asap

[timbott]

To be honest Jim, pay as you go dial up is basically dead. I went to Derby this weekend, and, among other things, I helped my Dad buy a new PC. I got it all set up and he thought he would be able to still mess around on dial-up. Sorry Dad, no dial up modem:o At least he will have to finally get a decent Internet connection:)

cheers, Tim

[Madoobri]

I don't want to go back to freeserve

Why not just use Freeserve/Orange as a gateway to the Internet & set her up with Hotmail or similiar & only use that for email, avoiding the spam ;)

[BigJim]

Why not just use Freeserve/Orange as a gateway to the Internet & set her up with Hotmail or similiar & only use that for email, avoiding the spam ;)

Thanks guys for the advice. She only wants email about once a week, so not worth paying for bb, dial up is right for her. Yes, 0845 can be more than 1p a min, but some ISPs charge 1p on top of the 0845 charge for the call.
madoobri, I think that is the way to go, I have set up hotmail for her, just have to convince her to use it (and get her acustomed to the hotmail interface) as she wants her OE interface she is used to.

[Madoobri]

just have to convince her to use it (and get her acustomed to the hotmail interface) as she wants her OE interface she is used to.

I`m sure it won`t take her long to get used to it :) ... maybe put a shortcut to Hotmail in her favourites for her to use when she logs on.

[BigJim]

I`m sure it won`t take her long to get used to it :) ... maybe put a shortcut to Hotmail in her favourites for her to use when she logs on.

Good idea, but as thats about all she uses it for i guess I should make it her homepage.:)

[Madoobri]

I should make it her homepage.:)

That`s a good idea BJ ;)

[olo]

sorry for buttin in late on this one, why not gmail? their anti-spam is failsafe and with over 3gigs of storage u cant go wrong.

[BigJim]

sorry for buttin in late on this one, why not gmail? their anti-spam is failsafe and with over 3gigs of storage u cant go wrong.

Thanks, olo, better late than never.

I have to confess I was completely ignorant of it, but a quick read of it makes me think it may be the one.

It is marvellous what this forum achieves, now if only we could run the country....

[olo]

hehe www.gmail.com ;) made by google for the people.... it'll be the next microsoft, just a good microsoft this time!

as regards to the country... well i'd nominate satancom as minister on IT :D

[BigJim]

Just to update you all:
I managed to get her an internet connection at 0845 rates, and set her up an account with google mail, so she now has internet and email, though has to learn the google mail interface, which is new to her. I couldn't find a 'free' (most now charge 1p per minute above the phone charges) email using Outlook, and with decent spam filtering etc. Gmail looks quite good in that respect.

So i wait to see how she gets on!

thanks for all your help

[sterling]

Just to update you all:
I managed to get her an internet connection at 0845 rates, and set her up an account with google mail, so she now has internet and email, though has to learn the google mail interface, which is new to her. I couldn't find a 'free' (most now charge 1p per minute above the phone charges) email using Outlook, and with decent spam filtering etc. Gmail looks quite good in that respect.

So i wait to see how she gets on!

thanks for all your help

You could always set OE up to pick up the mail from Googlemail and then the interface would be familiar.

Richard

[BigJim]

You could always set OE up to pick up the mail from Googlemail and then the interface would be familiar.

Richard

Thanks, at present not sure how to do that, but I'll give it a go.

[BigJim]

You could always set OE up to pick up the mail from Googlemail and then the interface would be familiar.

Richard

Help, no success trying that, foolproof instructions, anyone, please:)

[redhand]

Help, no success trying that, foolproof instructions, anyone, please:)

There is a foolproof guide on Google but if you get stuck I can send you my OE/Gmail settings you'd have to change em to suit but it should work. PM me if you need help.

[redhand]

BigJim PM sent

[BigJim]

BigJim PM sent

Received, thanks.:):)
Still to do it tho.

[BigJim]

There is a foolproof guide on Google but if you get stuck I can send you my OE/Gmail settings you'd have to change em to suit but it should work. PM me if you need help.

Foolproof is different from BigJimproof:D:D:D

[tuko]

foolproof instructions, anyone, please

Open the gmail account,
at the top, to the right, click on Settings,
In the new yellow window, click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP,
in the center, POP download, just below number 3, you'll find configuration instructions, click again :rolleyes:
in the new window select the mail clinet that you'll be using, from there its just click and follow the instructions.


Todd.

[BigJim]

Open the gmail account,
at the top, to the right, click on Settings,
In the new yellow window, click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP,
in the center, POP download, just below number 3, you'll find configuration instructions, click again :rolleyes:
in the new window select the mail clinet that you'll be using, from there its just click and follow the instructions.


Todd.

Thanks.
I tried accessing gmail thru OE on my own computer. I printed out the gmail instructions (accesssed thru Help on the gmail site), and managed after many attempts to create a new account in OE, and access from outlook ex, but when connecting from OE it quickly checked my other 5 inboxes for my 5 aliases on my ISP, then slowly checked all the folders in gmail, including outbox, sent, spam etc, which took time, and then told me I had one new message, which I never saw, wasn't in deleted items (as happens with a blocked sender), and eventually I concluded it was just the gmail connection itself that was the message (????).
As this was all a test for my aged lady friend, I decided I would wait and see how she got on with accessing gmail direct, so i scrubbed the new account in OE.
Current reports is that she is doing OK, met her in the supermarket and she was over the moon being able to email her friends again. (she is so pleased she is even talking of going on BB!!) In additiion to the box of Belgian chocs she gave me when I had made her computer usable, she came round with one unit of West Coast Of Scotland currency (though it was the east coast, more specifically Speyside brand, which is acceptable), so those who have helped to date will get a wee dram if they come here:):)

[Carl]

Thanks.
I tried accessing gmail thru OE on my own computer. I printed out the gmail instructions (accesssed thru Help on the gmail site), and managed after many attempts to create a new account in OE, and access from outlook ex, but when connecting from OE it quickly checked my other 5 inboxes for my 5 aliases on my ISP, then slowly checked all the folders in gmail, including outbox, sent, spam etc, which took time, and then told me I had one new message, which I never saw, wasn't in deleted items (as happens with a blocked sender), and eventually I concluded it was just the gmail connection itself that was the message (????).
As this was all a test for my aged lady friend, I decided I would wait and see how she got on with accessing gmail direct, so i scrubbed the new account in OE.
Current reports is that she is doing OK, met her in the supermarket and she was over the moon being able to email her friends again. (she is so pleased she is even talking of going on BB!!) In additiion to the box of Belgian chocs she gave me when I had made her computer usable, she came round with one unit of West Coast Of Scotland currency (though it was the east coast, more specifically Speyside brand, which is acceptable), so those who have helped to date will get a wee dram if they come here:):)

Jim,

If she is staying on dial-up then using Gmail through OE will save a bit of money as she will be able to write e-mails off line. Of course if she goes BB then this won't matter.

Now introduce her to MSN :D

[BigJim]

Jim,

If she is staying on dial-up then using Gmail through OE will save a bit of money as she will be able to write e-mails off line. Of course if she goes BB then this won't matter.

Now introduce her to MSN :D

Thanks.
I have shown her how to write emails offline in Gmail (it can be done), if she doesn't get on with it I will teach her Word so she can copy and paste or attach files.