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Free Mac Internet Access
20 October 1999 - Evan Kleiman
Free internet access is a big thing in the Windows world. Many people are currently using free ad-based internet services instead of pricier ones, like AOL and Erols.
Free internet services was a relatively unfilled niche in the Mac computing world, except for a few companies which offered Mac versions of their software. However, all of these programs were unreliable, buggy, and always painfully slow.
But now this niche is finally filled by a fast, reliable, and working service. Recently, Freei.Net released a version of their internet access software for the Mac.*
- * Note that Freei.Net requires a PowerPC-based Mac or compatible. It is not compatible with 680x0-based Macs.
I'm always interested in trying new things, so as soon as I saw this software was ready to be downloaded, I quickly did so.
After filling out a long survey, which finally at the last step asks you to setup an account, I was prompted to download the software. The file itself is only about a 2 megabyte file, so on my iMac, it was a quick download.
After the download I got ready to install it. I was getting ready for this nifty new service to not work correctly, due to the old saying "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
So, now it was time to get to the installation step. I decompressed the file and then double-clicked the resulting installer. I was greeted with a nice little welcome message and was then asked to select a place where I wish to install my new shiny internet service.
Now, that iNet was installed on my iMac, it was time to get on the net. The installer would help me along with this little step. Once the installation was complete, it asked me if I wanted to set up a new account, or if I wished to use my existing account.
Since this was my first time using the software, I would need to create a new account. This is where everything went wrong. Once I clicked this virtual dead-end button, I was sent straight to crash city.
After rebooting several times due to the installers crashing, I figured clicking the "use an existing account" button wouldn't hurt. So I did. After that, it went crash free to let me select an access number. Then it asked me for a user name and password. I knew that after all of this work, it would come to this - I needed a user name.
Then I realized something: at FreeiNet's website, you pregister a username and password. Once I remembered this helpful little tidbit, I was on my way to FreeInternet-dom.
Once I filled out the information, I was greeted to a dialog box that stated that it was connected to its servers. After a few seconds of this, my browser opened up, as did a little ad box, and a program asking me if I wanted to setup a chat program to work with it.
So, after all of this time, I had finally connected to the first
actually reliable free internet service for the Mac. Now Mac users
won't have to suffer paying for internet access. I've already
referred some of my friends and family members to this new service,
but until I can make sure this service won't follow in the
footsteps of the other free internet services, I'll also be keeping
AOL.
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