If
your accessing AOL from the North County or anywhere else they do
not have a local access number you soon find that the FREE 100 HOURS
isn't so FREE after all. Example: a long distance call from Paso Robles
to the nearest AOL access line in San Luis Obispo runs about $6 per
hour. Your phone charges can run into the hundreds of dollars. There
are several reasons why you might want to keep your AOL account, existing
Email addresses at AOL, a website you have hosted at AOL or ease of
use. Now you can keep your AOL and dial a local number and eliminate
the long distance charges. This also reduces the cost of your AOL
account by 1/2 as your no longer dialing their modems. Be sure to
call AOL and have them adjust your account. 1-800-827-6364
Note: These directions
are for America Online v4.0 and Windows95/98. Mac instructions are
at the bottom. If your using an older version of AOL CLICK
HERE For other platforms or software versions, please contact
America Online's technical support hotline. Step 1 First, start AOL
by double-clicking on the America Online icon. You should (eventually!)
see the window to the left. Click "Setup"
.
Step 2
Check create a location
for use with ISP (that's us!) Click NEXT
Step 3
Choose Add a custom connection
Click NEXT Now that your America Online software has been adjusted
to work with TCP/IP, all you need to do to get onto America Online
is to get connected to the Internet, start up your America Online
software, and click "Sign On"! To create a Dial-up networking icon
on your desktop double click MY COMPUTER, DIAL-UP NETWORKING, click
once on your TCSN connection icon, choose FILE, CREATE SHORTCUT and
click YES.
AOL for MAC You will want
to install our CD to setup the dialer and DNS for TCSN if you don't
have our latest software just give us a call and we'll send you a
copy. AOL 4.0 Mac BYOA instructions 1. Launch AOL 2. Click the "Setup"
button 3. Choose "Set up AOL to sign on from an new location, such
as home or work, or through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) using
the Bring your own access (BYOA) plan" -- and click "next" 4. Choose
"Add a TCP connection" -- click "Next" 5. A confirmation screen will
appear - click "Ok" You're done. Questions or Problems give our tech
support team a call at 1-800-974-DISK or 805-227-7000
