said by AIVAS :

My dad's on Bell DSL but spends quite a bit of time @ the cottage. His plan includes 20hrs of dialup per month. There's no cell nor highspeed of any kind available. The closest dialup is long distance. Is there any toll free access # for Bell internet?

It'd be nice if he could get/send email & pay bills while out there. Would save several trips back & forth.

Cheers.

said by DKS :

No, there is no 800# dialup access. The full list of dialup POPs can be found here.

said by AIVAS :

Ya that lookup is useless. It doesn't find anything even remotely close to the cottage.
I'm guessing I'm going to have to get an 800 # & institute a POP on my connection. I'd prefer it on his as he's got great speed (largely because Bell keeps telling people in his neighbourhood that they can't get DSL as it's not available in that neighbourhood!)
Time to do a cost analysis - LD costs versus 800 # POP setup & utilizing the anticipated data useage.

said by AIVAS :

Ya that lookup is useless. It doesn't find anything even remotely close to the cottage.

said by Harleyguy :

I would post in the direct forum.

They have better access to Bell records. Ask then if 160k is available.

Yes its slow , but its better than Dialup

said by Kardinal :

I'm not trying to be rude, but did you go looking in the dropdown on the left, or put the cottage TN in on the right? If your cottage is in Ontario or Quebec, other than in 807 or the far north of 705, you should find something local. I played around with some local exchanges for very small communities (like Dacre, ON) and found local dialup from there.

What area is the cottage in (specifically, what community is the telephone exchange for it), and what are the area code and first three numbers of the phone number (eg/ 613-825)? This forum has all sorts of folks who are good at either knowing things or finding them out.

said by Thane_Bitter :

Is this area serviced by Bell or the local service run by independent telephone company? Some of the independents have been keeping up with (or exceeding) in the number of services they offer, however some have not. The fact you mention the company finally moved people from party lines to single lines seems to suggest the latter one is the case. I have a feeling that Bell never offered a toll-free access number for offering dial-up as this would deny them of extra revenue (service + tolls fees).

said by Thane_Bitter :

Fun tool for finding the companies responsible for phone services on certain exchanges (NXX) or area code (NPA).
»www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php

If you can find a Bell dialup number that is close, use this tool to see if it is considered a local call.
»www.localcallingguide.com/lca_rcdist.php

said by Thane_Bitter :

If you are positive that there is no way to access a Bell dial-up access point without paying long distant I would complain to the Bell Canada Executive Office of Customer Relations (which does have a toll free number) 1-866-317-3382.