Global Internet Access for Palms

Posted By: Press Release on Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:09:03 AM

MaGlobe, which offers a global Internet access service for travelers, has released AutoDialer for PalmOS. It allows users to automatically access the Web from over 5 thousand locations worldwide. For example, instead of being in Europe and forced to dial over the Atlantic to access an ISP, MaGlobe allows the user to dial into a local access number. MaGlobe only needs to hear a dial tone and the software will autodial the local number for the city the traveler is in.

The service is available in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

MaGlobe pre-paid Internet cards cost:

MaGlobe Traveler - $15 = 6 hours in USA or 3 hours in other countries
MaGlobe Traveler Plus - $30 = 12 hours in USA or 6 hours in other countries
MaGlobe Globetrotter - $50 = 25 hours in USA or 12.5 hours in other countries
MaGlobe Globetrotter Plus - $100 = 50 hours in USA or 25 hours in other countries
MaGlobe Enterprise - $250 = 125 hours in USA or 62.5 hours in other countries
MaGlobe Enterprise Plus - US$ 500 = 250 hours in USA or 125 hours in other countries

The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. The AutoDialer for PalmOS application is naturally free.

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Other Global Access Providers

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/17/2001 7:57:53 AM #

AT&T Global Interet Access (formerly IBM Global) also provides worldwide internet access starting at just $6.

They offer 1-800 access and global roaming, but there are surcharges for using a number outside of your "base" country.

They give you a dialer application for your Palm with ALL the phone numbers, and you receive regular updates with new phone numbers.

Here is a listing of service plans
http://services.prserv.net/svc

D.R.

RE: Other Global Access Providers

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/17/2001 11:00:33 AM #

UUnet also has a global roaming service
with a wider selection of access points:

http://www.uu.net/us/products/access/dial/solo/
http://www.uu.net/us/products/access/dial/solo/roaming_faq/

though I don't know if they have explicit
Palm support, it should work if manually
configured - and their rates are a bit more
expensive.

RE: Other Global Access Providers

PFloyd @ 5/17/2001 12:49:28 PM #

Regarding the AT&T Global Interet Access URL. It only offers to sign me up and then only with an Offer Code.

RE: Other Global Access Providers; Bad URL

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/17/2001 2:52:29 PM #

Sorry about the URL. Try this:

main site:
http://www.attglobal.com

service plans:
http://services.attglobal.net/svc?type=APS&p185=HELP&p29=ATTWEB&p201=ATT

Ed, could you fix my post to have these URLs instead of my original one?

Thanks,

D.R.

RE: Other Global Access Providers

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/18/2001 9:24:31 PM #

The most endearing feature abount MaGlobe is that it is a Prepaid service, without any annual commitments, monthly fees or undisclosed surcharges.

Besides, it seems to be only one that offers instant online activation, realtime online accounts status and auto-renewal.

Global access for Palms

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/17/2001 9:23:43 PM #

Nobody appears to have mentioned the
I Pass service which offers approximately
11,000 POP numbers worldwide.

RE: Global access for Palms

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/17/2001 9:32:54 PM #

Where can you find information on I Pass??

RE: Global access for Palms

PFloyd @ 5/18/2001 6:32:51 PM #

And does it offer a Palm based dialer?

RE: Global access for Palms

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/18/2001 9:27:39 PM #

iPass does not have a service for individual users, you have to approach an ISP or one of their agents, who take their own sweet time for activation of the account. It is not a flexible service and is aimed only for the super large corporate users.

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