Comments on: Reasons and steps to avoid your ISP dialer software

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:08:31 +0000

I have NetZero and have been trying to use this method to create a connection with them. It does not seem to be working very well. I can set up the connection easy enough with Windows XP connection wizard and connect to the internet, but then the only Web site I can access is the NetZero site itself. Also, when I click the icon to connect after a couple of days of not using it the dialogue has changed. It has become a small window with only one place to enter a number; it has the numbers 2222 in the space. There is no place to enter your user name, password or anything else.

I’m wondering if the software developers have caught on and figured out a way to make it so you have to use their software. I’m finding out that NetZero is not totally free after all. When you connect with their software you get a banner ad that takes up half your screen, with bells and whistles flashing and you can’t get rid of it.

It looks like the last post here was a while ago, hopefully someone is still around.

By: Free ISP

Free ISP — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:25:41 +0000

I still use dial up from hotels and when I’m away from home

By: Tamela

Tamela — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:26:17 +0000

My cousin has netscape and her computer stopped being able to log onto certain sites on the internet.

I uninstalled Netscape (HUGE MISTAKE) and now the computer will dial in…but won’t allow you to go on the internet using either Mozilla or IE…

Suggestions?? Before I burn it in epogee??

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:06:04 +0000

Hey BES, It’s Steve-O again. I wanted to come back and reply before, but really haven’t had any time at all! I will say, the elimination of the bartshell stuff really was helpful. It also made the connection a lot stronger as it didn’t have near as much of a problem sharing. The linux box also ran quite well on it while I had it. I’ve since then switched over to Hughesnet. I will say, Satellite internet sucks pretty bad compared to most DSL or Cable type connections but it’s better than the dial-up I was using. This area has some really bad phone lines. During any type of rain I couldn’t hold a connection at all, and if it was windy at all, you might as well forget it.

Now, even in most predominant storms I have a solid connection. Only one in a while will a storm destroy my connection. And the slowest it’s ever been has been more than 5x my old 26.4kbps connection. Even in the most highest times of usage it doesn’t give me much of a hassle. And connection sharing is nice, specially with my wireless router and my laptop. It’s like having a cable connection only no gaming and not near the speed. But I can watch youtube video’s without pausing for a half hour! And MP3’s download in less than a minute usually. I’m happy with it, and it really helped me with my online schooling as I don’t have to skip the video sessions!

Thanks again bud!

By: Bes

Bes — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:56:07 +0000

Hi Tayo. Thank you for your comment. Hmmm, your comment seems to be asking something which I do not understand fully: I apologize for that.

What kind of computer skills and career are you looking for? Also, I could not find anyone named “moitchelle” in the above comments. Did you mean Michelle instead?

By: tayo

tayo — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:52:10 +0000

dear moitchelle
good work youredoing. pls i need to know how i can teach myself some basic computer skills learn at home kinda thing. what softwares are available on net and how can i get a company that hires and train from scratch at the same time- build a career you know

By: Bes

Bes — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:35:17 +0000

[Sorry for the delay in comments everyone]

Steve-O, thanks for the comment. I also agree with the idea of doing something I want to do, and not refraining from something simply because the majority of the population refrains from the same thing. If I want to stay connected 24×7, I am paying for it and I do not care if the other people stay connected 23×7, when it comes to thinking as to whether or not my action is justified.

The dialer itself adds a lot of bytes to kilobytes of data every minute or so, which can be a huge amount of data for many people on dial-up. How is your linux box working so far? How is your connection overall: better than before?

Stu, thanks for clarifying. How is your Emule running on dial-up?

Victor, thanks for coming and asking the question. If you remove the PeoplePc dialer software as mentioned above and try to connect to different servers, you might be able to connect to a server which will not disconnect you so soon. The windows dialer software can also be configured to dial in immediately in case of a disconnection, hopefully enabling a much faster reconnection than is possible with the PeoplePC software. That way, some programs that use the internet connection may simply assume that the incoming data is taking a while to come. Other programs will be able to resume faster too.

Are you still having the issue?

Steve Gentry, thanks for the comment. How is the connection going for you so far?

By: Steve Gentry

Steve Gentry — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:20:53 +0000

Thanks for helping me get rid of that buggy BartShell that PeoplePC uses.

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:50:44 +0000

Hi, i have a problem. My internet keeps taking me out after the 4 hours use. I have peoplepc and is there anyway to do something about that so that i can stay on for longer that 4 hours

By: Stu

Stu — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:10:44 +0000

Bes:
I use Emule. Always have loved the simplicity of it and I can find anything I am looking for. Literally tons if users. I highly recommend it. Glad I could help some others with their dial up too.
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By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:30:56 +0000

Thank you for this. Taking that people-pc-trash out of the picture let me share my internet connection with my linux box.. I thought I’d never get it to work correctly.. I want you to know, you have my gratitude. I’ll be sharing this website with everyone I know who has PeopleP-screwyou-C.

And as for the idea on thier disconnecting spree after 4 hours.. They say it’s because of thier users not using the internet more than an hour.. Like 95% percent doesn’t… Bullcrap, I pay for the service, I want it to stay on as long as I need it.

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:35:48 +0000

Thanks Stu, I really appreciate it.

To everyone else, Stu is referring to CiDial by Aldensoft, a free program for Windows to automatically redial any number in order to stay connected.

What kind of peer to peer software do you use, if I may ask? Your solution sounds good, as if disconnection cannot be avoid, one can have a software automatically reconnect, immediately, causing probably only about 10-30 seconds of no connection in between sessions.

Thanks!

By: Stu

Stu — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:49:48 +0000

A heads up for those of you who cannot connect through the method listed above and for those who cannot get the other suggestion about automatically reconnecting (by using network connections, also listed above).

you may need to use this format in order to get connected the way previously described. Enter in your username box the following format:
isp#6username@peoplepc.com (where username is your username of course). Now, go and get a program that redials automatically on disconnect like CiDial and you’ll be all set. I use peer to peer software and can now stay online for days even though peoplepc disconnects me every 3hrs 50 min. CiDial automatically reconnects me and the downloads keep going. Automatically reconnecting using the networks connection method above didn’t work for me so I use this method. Flawless. Hope this helps someone and screw peoplepc!