What is the best Dial-Up internet service provider in the northern minnesota?

Urgent please: help me get connected to a good dial-up ISP in Portugal

• I am travelling to Faro in Portugal tomorrow. I am looking to sign up with an Internet Service Provider in Portugal which I can use with my Apple Mac laptop with 56 k modem. My requirements are: - That I can sign up for the service online (or over the phone if they speak English) - That the service has 56k connections in Faro or thereabouts - That I can use my regular Internet software to dialup... no enormous cumbersome downloads - That the charges are sensible... in other words something like 30 Euros (£20 GBP) for a month's access with no further charges. Or perhaps some telephone charges, but very low. I wouldn't like to pay more than a cent or two extra per minute on telephone charges. Please don't say "sign up with AOL" or any of that stuff, because with that kind of service I'm bound to come up against big fees.. plus their software takes over the whole computer. I'm hoping you'll be able to direct me towards the exact webpage on a site where I can sign up now, or else an English- speaking phone line or some way of signing up by e-mail. Thanks for your time - please make your recommendation ASAP!

• Answer:

  Hi Horseradish, Thank you for your question. I searched for flat rate connections as you requested, and I’m including 2 more Dial-up ISP´s that I mentioned in my clarification. Portugal Telecom has a webpage about their flat rate connections, but I don’t think it works anymore. They say the flat-rate connections will be launched in December 2000, and that you can pre-apply for it. The prices aren’t in euros either. http://www.telecom.pt/flatrate/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Oninet Premium http://premium.oninet.pt/ - 56k connection - 50 mb e-mail - €15,21 a month, tax included You would also have to pay extra phone charges: First minute : € 0,08 Normal : 9h – 18h – € 0,02 / minute Economic : 18h - 9h – € 0,01 / minute Weekends and Holidays : 0h – 24h - € 0,01 / minute Register online http://registopremium.oninet.pt/ Scroll down to the bottom right side of the page and press “continuar” Then you’ll see the agreement and if you accept, press “aceito” Then they’re offering you voice service, (I´m not sure what that is, but they charge extra) so just press “nao” Fill out email registration: Primeiro Nome = First Name Último Nome = Last Name E-mail – write your e-mail name Nif = Password ( only numbers) Then press “Criar” Signup: Fill out form and press “seguinte” ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sapo Livre http://livre.sapo.pt/ This is a free internet connection. You are only charged for the time you spend online. In addition you receive a webmail account. Prices http://livre.sapo.pt/tarifario2.html Sign up here: http://netbi.sapo.pt/access/create_mgr.html?rs=http://acesso.sapo.pt/ Set up connection: Internet access phone number: 67 1715 000 Servers Primary DNS 194.65.3.20 Servers secondary DNS 194.65.5.2 News server news.telepac.pt IRC server telepac.ptnet.org Proxy No E-mail setup for POP3 Outgoing Mail server (SMTP): mx.sapo.pt Incoming Mail Server (POP3): pop.sapo.pt http://livre.sapo.pt/faqs.html Price per second after the first minute; Initial price €0,114 for first 60 seconds; Price after the first minute: €0,020 normal €0,0095 economic Normal: Monday – Friday 9h-21h. Economic: Nights, weekends and holidays. Prices http://livre.sapo.pt/tarifario.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Search Criteria: Internet access Portugal I hope you find this information useful. Have a great trip! Best regards, Bobbie7-ga P.S. If you have any questions, I´ll be online to help out.