HighStream.net

Pros: Great Price and Service!
Cons: None

Unlimited Internet access for a 56K modem for only $8.95 a month with four free mailboxes.

Payments
Highstream offers four ways to make payments, the first is paying $8.95 each month and a first time setup fee of $5.99.
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Pros: HighStream is inexpensive. E-mail Works well with OLE. It's fast during initial discount trial.
Cons: "Acceleration " OFTEN fails, then no pages open. E-Mails to "support " are rarely answered.

Don't get me wrong -- low cost accelerated dial-up is GOOD.... VERY good. Before I tried HighStream, many web pages, including my Hotmail in-box, often took 3-5 minutes to load and often "timed out". This ocurred with various dial-up ISP's, ...

Pros: Inexpensive $8.95 a month. More Nationwide dialups than Earthlink!
Cons: 150 Hrs a month limit, Auto disconnect after 5 hours, only 2 email addresses

I was VERY surprised to read several negative reviews on Highstream at Epinions.com.
I have been an internet junkie for 10 years now and have used many ISP's and while Highstream is not the best overall, it is by far the best value. They have...

Pros: Price is GREAT!, Under 9.00 a month,reliability is excellent!
Cons: None

I had another popular Internet Provider for 6 years and was paying 19.95 a month. I was hesitant to change because it is a little bit of a hassle with changing email and stuff, but I'm so glad I took the chance and changed to Highstream.net. They have...

Pros: Low cost, but there are better services out there for the same cost.
Cons: Questionable email reliability. Lousy technical support. Lousy customer support. Slow speed.

After having Highstream service for a couple of months, I noticed that I wasn't receiving emails from certain people. I called technical support, and was told that while they didn't know what the problem was, it might be that the people sending me emails ...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Gets to be slow after the first few months and slower after that.

UPDATE: Highstream is no longer an isp server for dialup as of 6/07. I stayed with them for so long because they were the cheapest I could find and eventually they improved on speed and service. Now they passed customers off to PeoplePC. I have ...

Pros: *Value *Virus checked email *spam filter *free technical support
Cons: *Virus checking service is too harsh *Technical support line queue's

I am an international user of Highstream, and i use it from the UK. The service is great value, and the technical support is free by telephone and email. The only thing that put me off was when phoning for technical support, sometimes your in a queue for ...

Pros: Cheap mo
Cons: Bad service, poor software, couldn't be ruder if they tried!

I signed up with Highstream because of being on a limited income and they were cheap. If found the connection software to be full of bugs. When I finally decided to go with another provider,I called them and canceled and two days later they still charged ...

Pros: Fast connections, v92, best accelerator
Cons: Misrepresentation; sharp business practices

Some people can't believe that highstream advertises as unlimited but shuts down users WITHOUT NOTICE if they exceed an unadvertised limit of ten hours per day. The excuse they use is that the rules don't allow a dedicated connection, but the rules ...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: To extensive to list!

Just read the review by Patgalliher and could not have said it any differently, it's exactly the same thing that happened to me.

Signed up for unlimited, bang, shut down for going over 150 hours.

After jumping through a few hoops...

Pros: None
Cons: Rude tech support, "Unlimited Access" means 150 hrs then they disconnect you.

When I initially signed up with highstream, the ads all touted unlimited access with no banners, etc. The first month my account was shut down and when I reached tech support I was told that my account had a limit of 150 hours, so I had to change to...

Pros: dial up access good software installs perfectly IF user spots instruction errors in advance
Cons: false DVD offer faulty software installation instructions

Software installation: excellent, if user is aware of potential conflicts and takes care of them in advance. I noticed that instructions to new user did not mention some critical conflicts that would have stopped setup. Dial up performance: good. From ...

Pros: Inexpensive and reliable access.
Cons: Only 2-email accounts. Automatically kicked off after 10 min. of inactivity.

Service
Highstream.net is an ISP which, according to their own web site, believes that ISP fees (~$23/mo) are too high. As I agree with them I gave it a try.

The old adage "If it sounds too good to be true..." luckily is not an...

Pros: Cheap -- less than $9/mo.
Cons: No problems yet (knock on wood!)

Looking over the other reviews, it looks like lots of people have had problems with Highstream. I have not had ANY complaints about this ISP. I have been using it for a year or so.

Dial up: One or 2 busy signals in the entire year of use. Much...

Pros: Fast, easy, reliable connections
Cons: Short allowable inactivity time

I have a great local ISP with a good price, and was not looking to change. But, as I was planning a trip, I wanted Internet access while traveling. I tried the one-month trial of HighStream. I have used it for 3 weeks or so, and I am totally...