AltaVista is offering one of these free access things,
too, -- see http://microav.com/ -- I just set it up for
exactly what you say here: It is a nice thing to be able
to put on your notebook so that you can get connected
anywhere. Since my main ISP account is up all the time
(it's shared by my family through a proxy gateway), I
need *something* else for on-the-road access. Actually,
one could probably put three or so of these services on
a notebook and have lots of options in each city.

They *are* unbelievably obnoxious for regular use, however.
If I traveled more often, I'd probably consider what
you're describing here.

--Bob


On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 11:17:07PM -0700, Brian Kraut wrote:
> Actually, cheap access wasn't the motivation.  I travel a lot with my laptop a
nd
> kind of expected to pay $19.95 a month for the rest of my life to get the nati
on
> wide
> access I need.  I just figured why not pay the same amount every month and get
 a
> free computer thrown in.

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