Hi:
I was constantly having problems with
Earthlink. Not being a computer geek, my home wireless network would often be 2
weeks without Internet before I could get it and Earthlink both operating again.
I zapped one computer in the process. I plugged in some piece of
equipment and drew a spark from the electric plug in another room. It fried
my computer. A ground wire had slipped off the screw in a plug in another room.
That was not Earthlink's fault, but I was trying to install equipment that came
from them.
I finally gave up, got Verizon's FIOS as
soon as it was installed in our area, and have had very few problems ever since.
What a relief, and they installed it. I didn't have to do a thing but
"introduce" the other computers in the house to the new router. I followed
the installer's directions, and that went smoothly too. What a
difference.
If I remember right, you can use
Earthlink's email program even if you are no longer with them. However, for me,
Outlook Express is more reliable.
Rowina (31 Dec
2010)
"A little New
Year's miracle!"
Well! I had a miracle tonight, an answer
to prayer.
I had been wrestling with my e-mail program with Earthlink
for weeks. My
son, who is more computer savvy, wrestled for weeks,
and talked to "Earthlink"
in India (where their techs hang out) for
hours. I talked to a tech for an hour and
a half one day. And
India called me the other day because my previous "session"
had been
unsuccessful in restoring my ability to send mail out on Earthlink. I
worked
with that tech for about 45 minutes, then had to abandon efforts
because I had to go
to an appointment to have my chemo-therapy
shot.
My son set up a gmail account for me, and I used it for a week or
so. However,
I had been with Earthlink for many years, and had many
useful links.
During the early morning hours of December 30, an
hour ago, I awoke feeling
very distressed. I needed God to help
me. I reached out to Him and asked Him
to show me He is there, caring
for me, by restoring my Earthlink mail program.
I told Him I would call
India yet again, and He could have this call restore my
program. Even
though more than four hours of previous effort over weeks had
failed.
Within four minutes, I sent my first test mail out, and it
went! For the first
time in weeks, without the tech I was talking to
doing anything except talk to me!
What a beautiful answer to prayer.
What a lovely sound, hearing my mail go out,
and then receiving it in my
in-box!
The tech in India wished me a happy New Year, and I wished him
the same.
His voice was so kind, it was as if I spoke with an angel.
Possibly not an angel,
but a human being filled with the
Spirit.
Mariel Rowina