How do I connect?

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In order to connect your computer to Internet via a modem connecttion, you need to setup a Dial-Up Networking (DUN) profile. This is done in your Windows (or others like MAC) operating system.

Once you created a DUN profile for the phone number you will be connecting, just use any username (eg: your phone number), and any password (eg: mypassword) and connect to the service.

Please remember our service blocks SMTP and NNTP ports by default. So you will have to use a web based email or news service. This is due spammers abusing this any any other service on the Internet. If you want to do something about spam, do not buy or even open anything advertised through email. If there are idiots out there keep buying what has been advertised, there will be spammers.

Below are some answers collected from our Forums where users answered other users for the same question:

"go to your networking wizard under start;settings;network connections; if it's xp it should be down on the left side somewhere. follow the directions." elizabeth

"Use the wizard.
1.) If you don't see the wizard, or know where it is, then do the following:
• Start > Control Panel > Network Connections
• Then go up to the menubar and click on: File > New Connection Wizard
• Follow the directions. (Connect to the internet. PPP protocol. Set up connection manually. Connect using a dialup modem.) Make a name for the connection. (Example: Freedialup - NH 1) Enter the number, login, and password.
• Repeat steps with any other local numbers you can use.
• Connect.
2.) In Internet Explorer go up to the menubar again.
• Tools > Internet Options > Connections Tab
• Click on the "setup" button. (This will run the New connection Wizard.)
• Follow the directions. (Connect to the internet. PPP protocol. Set up connection manually. Connect using a dialup modem.) Make a name for the connection. (Example: Freedialup - NH 1) Enter the number, login, and password.
• Repeat steps with any other local numbers you can use.
• Connect."
Issues

"First thing you need to do is go into Settings, and go to Network and dial up connection, then go to make new connection, go thru the steps and put in the access number from this site that is local to you, i use 617 and have never been charged in over 2 years, and yahoo mail works fine with this..." bleoyster

For Cell Phone: "I have a motorola v180. I tried cingulars rare CSD(Circuit Switched Data) connection which dials at 9.6k and uses your plan minutes. Cingular charges an extra 3.99 a month to use this data access method. Just tell your cell phone company to activate CSD if you want it. For this method you need your own isp. Yes, it works. You can just dial your isp number area code + number, with nothing else, no 1's(think about it, would you have to dial 1 on your cell phone to make a call, no). All your settings should be on automatic. You just have to install the drivers from your phones website to use it as a usb modem and when you dial in just select that modem in the list of modems in the dial up properties of the dial window. A fair warning, the CSD connection is very very slow, much slower than dial up. It was probably only meant for wap browsing on pda's. It is not possible to browse full graphic websites. It takes too long to load a page. If you want to wait like 5 minutes to even load the simplest of web pages, be my guest, but to me that really blows. Its only good for text emails and messenger programs(aim,msn,icq). I would use an email client like outlook, to avoid having to access a webpage. If you need speed, go with your cell phone company's GPRS internet express network, but that charges by the kilobytes, not by plan minutes which can be free if u use them during nights and weekends. Your cell phone company can tell you how to access the GPRS network through your phone, usually you would have to use their isp for GPRS, not your own. I hope this has all been helpful." nabs

There is also an article on setting a DUN connection with pictures at this external website (Univ of Hartford).

Last Updated ( Monday, 19 February 2007 )