Lynn, DSL should not be all that difficult. I think they worked out a lot of the kinks on us here in California before releasing it to the rest of the country. Years ago I spent HOURS on the phone with the phone co getting it set up, fixed and corrected. It was about that same time when I found out that the house we were living in had 6 phone lines coming into it, 2 of which were connected to neighbors home lines, accidentally. Were I not so honest, I suppose I could have gotten free long distance, but that's just not honest. The modems seem to be marked quite well these days---IN, OUT etc. and most of the cables can only fit in one place or another. Software setup is another story, but that may be something you want to get on the phone with the company while doing---most are pretty good about walking you thru the process. Don't ask, just follow their directions when they tell you to type in XYZ! ;-) Trish On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Lynn Vondran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cathy, > Yes, they are really liking them. They said that they got rid of their > long > distance carrier, since they got them. Said it's cheaper for them. It > won't be cheaper for us, to use the TracPhone, because we each make an hour > long distance call each week_Mike to his parents, and me to my "Aunt" > Becky. > So, we would have to buy 200 minutes every week and a half. > My sister-in-law just got her DSL, and will be online in a few days. I > will > have to figure out how to hook it up for her. I've never done this before, > so I might be asking for some help, from you laptop users, once the modem > and spliter get here. > I read the manual, but sometimes I don't think they are speaking in > English. > I should have gotten a Vista Dummie book_hmm, come to think of it, I > believe > Mike did get me one. Guess I better go to my office and look in the corner > to see exactly what he got for me. I usually read my Windows Vista book. > Well, better get back to my work. > Keeping an eye on you all :o) LOL!!! > Hugs from warming up in Columbia!???? Maybe I'm typing too fast, and > causing a heat wave in the borough :o) > :o) > Lynn > > Cathy wrote: > > By the way Lynn, I'm glad to hear that your relative or friend, > > likes TracPhone, I know I do. I only used mine if we're going to be out > & > > about, but do enjoy visiting with my friends long distance that way! But > > also use a regular phone too! But I like the fact of the double minutes! > > Cathy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks, Trish, I was wondering if you could call them for assistance in getting your account set up. I am going to take good notes, for when we go DSL, someday. I helped her order her DSL, it's the getting it set up, and all the computer stuff that I will need help with, as we get her email account set up and moving into her Windows Mail (Outlook Express the Windows way :o) ) I would ask Mike to do it, but computers are the last thing he wants to deal with when he gets home from a full day of them, at work. Thanks for the info. Hugs! Lynn Trish wrote: > Lynn, > DSL should not be all that difficult. I think they worked out a lot of the > kinks on us here > in California before releasing it to the rest of the country. Years ago I > spent HOURS on the > phone with the phone co getting it set up, fixed and corrected. It was > about > that same time > when I found out that the house we were living in had 6 phone lines coming > into it, 2 of which > were connected to neighbors home lines, accidentally. Were I not so > honest, > I suppose I could have gotten free > long distance, but that's just not honest. > > The modems seem to be marked quite well these days---IN, OUT etc. and most > of the cables > can only fit in one place or another. > > Software setup is another story, but that may be something you want to get > on the phone with the company > while doing---most are pretty good about walking you thru the process. > Don't > ask, just follow their directions > when they tell you to type in XYZ! ;-)