====== SDF Dialup Membership ======

===== What is DIALUP Membership? =====

Best way to learn about the //DIALUP// SDF membership is to login to your SDF shell account and enter **dialup**:

  you@sdf: dialup

    SDF provides analogue and digital (ISDN) DIALUP service to members.
    To get a list of numbers in your area, use 'getdialup'.

    Some quick tips and things to note:

    1) You can choose from 54,143 dialup numbers in the USA & Canada
    2) Connections from 1200bps to 52000bps or 64kbps to 128kbps ISDN
    3) Read the bboard: for discussions on the membership
    4) Your dialup login is you@tenex.org
    5) use 'setdialup' to maintain your DIALUP login and SMTP AUTH password
    6) Pay your dues via paypal or mail (type 'address' for more details)

       Dues are:  $10/mo, $27/qtr, $48/semi and $84/year and
       membership is open to all validated members, no setup fee, a
       monthly average of 15 hours a day, no dialer, no adverts!  Enjoy!

The SDF>DIALUP FAQ and [[http://dialup.tenex.org/|dialup.tenex.org]] have additional information. Before you sign-up though you may want to run **getdialup** first to see what numbers are in your local/extended [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_telephone_service| calling area]]. Usually this information is contained in your local telephone directory.

example: list all (503) access numbers in the Portland, OR area

  you@sdf: getdialup 503 | grep Portland
  (503)  258-7011                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
  (503)  258-7023                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
  (503)  548-0317                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
  (503)  416-2098                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
  (503)  488-3200                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
  (503)  734-3200                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
  (503)  258-7014                     Portland    OR   n3           Du_Sprint
  (503)  914-0040                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  974-0040                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  914-0558                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  972-0302                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  467-6101                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  548-0317                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
  (503)  412-1576                     Portland    OR   yn         YourNetPlus

Users in rural areas may find no local access numbers and would need to weigh the cost of long distance charges.

===== I've got SDF DIALUP membership - Now What? =====

Now you need to run **setdialup** and set the type of account and your DIALUP password. Most users will want to leave the //type// set to "NETWORK PPP", the default:

  you@sdf: setdialup

  SETDIALUP Version 2

   [p]  Set your DIALUP and SMTP Auth password
   [n]  Set your connection type to NETWORK PPP (default)
   [s]  Set your connection type to SHELL
   [t]  Set your connection to TIP
   [r]  REMOVE your DIALUP Membership
   [q]  QUIT

  Choice?

Enter "p" to set password:

  Choice? (SET) PASSWORD

  Setting your password for DIALUP LOGIN:  you@tenex.org
  This will also serve as your SMTP AUTH for you.tenex.org
  New password:********
  Retype new password:********
  Password set for you@tenex.org
  Updates issued by mkhomepg, mkvhost, mkvpm and setdialup are executed
  within 10 minutes.

  Choice?

Enter "q" to quit:

  Choice? QUIT
  You are you@tenex.org using a NETWORK type LOGIN

That's it - time to get your modem set up and configured...

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