Retro Dialup Internet Service
A friend wrote me about my Geocities post. The one thing she missed about the internet of the 1990s was the price of service. Whatever happened to those cheap ISPs? Well, firstly, they were all on very slow dial up, but there just seemed to be more options out there than there are now. Perhaps since broadband technology costs more to maintain, there are no longer as many local ISPs.
I stumbled across BasicIsp.Net. They offer old fashioned $6.95 a month internet service. Granted, you may not get all the bells and whistles, but if you are looking for the basics, its definitely “retro.” The website design looks like they madeit in 1997 and haven’t changed the feel of it as well. There are a multitude of access numbers, so it leads me to believe the service is all dial up. That may be okay, considering the price. There is an accelarated package that you can also opt for.
The service is Mac compatible. You just need to be running OS 8 or later. In other words, if your Mac was made in 1997 or later, it is most likely compatible. Those G3s and original IMacs would be just as capable of handling the load as the new models that are running Snow Leopard as an operating system.
If you are just looking for a cheap ISP to use to check your email, it may do just fine. Have you tried Basic ISP? If so, what do you think?
