BudgetDialup.com
I’m currently in the process of dumping AOL which I have used for years. I recently started using Yahoo.com as my primary e-mail provider.
One of the problems with cancelling AOL was to find a way to get dialup access when I’m away from home and don’t have access to another high-speed connection, like when I visit my mother’s house. I hoped that my DSL provider, Qwest, offered that service to their customers but they don’t.
I wondered if there was a company that offered a pay-as-you-go dialup ISP service with no long-term contracts or monthly billing. I figured that such a service might be expensive but since I wouldn’t use it very much, I figured I’d still come out way ahead.
Typing “temporary dialup access” into Google gave me the answer.
BudgetDialup.com was at the top of the list and they are exactly what I was looking for.
For as little as $5.95/year you can open a pre-paid account. So it’s not expensive. You get 10 hours of dialup Internet access on their nationwide network and you have up to 365 days to use that time. There are many other plans to choose from including a month-t0-month billing arrangement for $9.95 for those who need more hours at a lower per-minute rate.
In addition, all plans come with their 5x Web Accelerator software (downloaded separately) which compresses uploads and downloads to make your 56KB connection seem much faster than standard dialup. I tested it on Yahoo and was very impressed with the improvement in speed. It seemed faster than my DSL does when it’s very slow.
They offer a whole lot more including international access, a free e-mail account,global access from 78 countries, corporate accounts and software that makes setup a breeze.
For a higher price per minute you can use one of their toll-free dialup numbers if a local number is not available where you are, but I there seem to be plenty of local numbers and I had no problem dialing into a local Seattle number.
When you run out of minutes, you just add more time to your account, much like a phone card or pre-paid wireless.
It’s a perfect solution for those who only need occasional, temporary dialup access to the Internet.
They offer a free, five-hour, 30-day trial of the service. After 30 minutes on it, I’m sold.
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