Tuesday, June 14, 2011

[BLUG] Totally off topic -- need a connection

This is going to be off the wall, and may be considered illegal,
immoral, and fattening, but here goes...

My wife runs a United Way charity that caters to the disabled, aged, and
infirm. One of her clients is a middle aged lady that has become
homebound due to various medical conditions. I've kept her machines
running for several years, including upgrading or replacing them as
needed or when new hardware falls into my lap.

She has had a dialup connection for several years that she was given by
an acquaintance. I have no idea where it's dialing into. I suspect it's
dialing into a company server of some sort, which then gives her access
to the WWW. It's nothing more than a username, password, and phone
number. This connection stopped working two months ago. Her acquaintance
is no longer in town. And she is really bummed. The WWW was her window
to the world, and it's been closed to her.

I'm hoping that somehow, some way, one of you good people that might be
affiliated in an IT capacity with IU or Ivy Tech or Cook or whatever
might be willing/able to provide her with account credentials that she
could use to dial into a server and gain access to the WWW. There's
nothing it it for me. All I'll do is set up the DUN for her and turn
her loose. She doesn't need an email account or anything other than a
connection. It would make all the difference in the world to her. It may
be hard for some of us to believe, but yes there are people out there
that after food, rent, utilities, and especially medication, can't
afford a $10 dialup account. But this gal is one of them.

If you would be willing to respond, you can contact me off-list at
mhwarner@gmail.com, or phone me at 360-7252 (cell).

--
Mark Warner
MEPIS Linux
Registered Linux User #415318

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