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Old 25-02-2006, 12:40   #1
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Can cable customers use dialup?
I have cable at home, but will be away from home periodically for a while and would like to be able to use dialup during that time.

I'm not even sure if ntl have dialup available. lol.

I can use my mobile as a modem - only 9k6 it seems, yikes! - but better than nothing.
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Old 25-02-2006, 13:07   #2
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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I have cable at home, but will be away from home periodically for a while and would like to be able to use dialup during that time.

I'm not even sure if ntl have dialup available. lol.

I can use my mobile as a modem - only 9k6 it seems, yikes! - but better than nothing.
I think as long as you are stil paying for the dial up service you can have two landline numbers registered for use with that dial up account. I don't think a mobile will work though
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
You may need to set up a dial-up account.

You can get a pay-as-you-go disc and then only pay for the connected time.
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
you can register for pay as you go dialup at https://autoreg.autoregister.net/ - note you must have an ntl phone number to register.
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Old 27-02-2006, 05:01   #5
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
dont pay for dial up, theres many sites that have dial up for free, i even seen a free dial up banner on a CS server... lol just type it in google.. pay for 56k? god no..
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:22   #6
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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you can register for pay as you go dialup at https://autoreg.autoregister.net/ - note you must have an ntl phone number to register.
I presume that means I have to dailup using that phone number?

Which would rather defeat the point. lol.

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dont pay for dial up, theres many sites that have dial up for free, i even seen a free dial up banner on a CS server... lol just type it in google.. pay for 56k? god no..
I have a dialup account already, but I keep getting "can't relay..." errors when I try to send email.
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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I presume that means I have to dailup using that phone number?

Which would rather defeat the point. lol.

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I have a dialup account already, but I keep getting "can't relay..." errors when I try to send email.
Thats because you need to reset the outgoing SMTP server as the one owned by the ISP. NTL Block it from external ISPs to prevent Spam. Why not just use your phone's GPRS (I assume it has it) ?
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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I have a dialup account already, but I keep getting "can't relay..." errors when I try to send email.
It sounds like you're trying to send email through a different server than the one you're connected to. Have you tried webmail?
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:44   #9
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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Why not just use your phone's GPRS (I assume it has it) ?
Yeah, but I'm not too sure how to set it up. (Bit of a newbie to this kind of stuff - I was a 3310 owner before. lol. My new phone is a SE K750i.)
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
what software you using outlook express? you have to set up your connection dont you?

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I have a dialup account already, but I keep getting "can't relay..." errors when I try to send email.
what software you using outlook express? you have to set up your connection dont you?
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:46   #11
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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It sounds like you're trying to send email through a different server than the one you're connected to.
I know - but Eudora is supposed to handle different email 'personalities' - i.e. it should use the POP/SMTP settings for each 'account'.

Just seems like it's not doing that.
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Have you tried webmail?
Yeah - that works, but I prefer using Eudora.
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
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Yeah, but I'm not too sure how to set it up. (Bit of a newbie to this kind of stuff - I was a 3310 owner before. lol. My new phone is a SE K750i.)
god bless the 3310, i had it yrs, now got 6600.. very smiliar, don't think ill change for ages yet! lol
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
What network is your phone on WebWarrior?
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Re: Can cable customers use dialup?
make sure you click

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Old 27-02-2006, 12:23   #15
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What network is your phone on WebWarrior?
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