People PC

Pros: Good price if you are using a dial up service.
Cons: Didn't notify me when the next payment was due.

Both Len and I have been pleased with Peoplepc. Len has purchased several computers over a 20 year period. About 6 or 7 years ago, he bought one from Radio Shack and paid over $2,000 for it. However, Len likes big boys toys. As soon as ...

Pros: Numerous local numbers, quick connections, friendly service.
Cons: Once in a while, I get bumped.

I know there are quite a few reviews about PeoplePC but I had to share a couple of my experiences with them. I have been using PeoplePC for the past five years now. An Epinions member, Susie -34668, was actually ...

Pros: 11.95 a month, numerous local access numbers, can (probably) be cancelled
Cons: "Smart Dialer", slow connect speeds, frozen connections, uncloseable People PC homepage

Once upon a time, in an apartment not all that far away, I had Comcast Cable internet. It was ridiculously overpriced, and ridiculously fast. Just click on that Internet Explorer icon, and the internet is there. Done. Checking three e-mail addresses ...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Unbelievably slow, unreliable, stopped working after six months, cost a fortune in arbitrary long-distance charges

We had a cable modem for our computer before we moved from Los Angeles to a small town in the Sierra foothills. I was looking forward to DSL when we bought our house, only to learn that as a member of a lonely outpost of 2000 Verizon households in an ...

Pros: Good price for national access. Decent quality.
Cons: It's still dial-up.

I see it’s been almost a month since anyone has written an opinion about peoplePC, so I guess one is due. I signed up for peoplePC in early 10/03, choosing the $15.95/mo package. I was replacing AOL – don’t get me started on problems with AOL (just ...

Pros: Inexpensive, Free Call Waiting, good customer service.
Cons: Dial up is slow, what else can I say.

I find it is time to say goodbye to an agonizingly slow but reliable old friend in my PeoplePC dial-up Internet service. About a week ago I got a pretty good deal on a DSL package through SBC Yahoo, (and Best Buy) so adios. I’ve read a few of the ...

Pros: It's reasonably inexpensive
Cons: They don't exactly know what they are doing

My experience with PeoplePC has not been very long nor thorough, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. An extended family member needed a computer set up, with internet access; the responsibility fell to me to prepare a backup computer for this ...

Pros: Still thinking...
Cons: Pop Up Blocker, toolbar, lack of choice

I managed to milk 8 months of free service from Earthlink. When that time was up, I called Earthlink to cancel my service, expecting they would offer me even a couple more free months, or a discounted price. Instead, they asked if I would like to try ...

Pros: Superb price,fast connections, friendly customer support
Cons: Technical support inadequate

In a recent epinion of mine, "People PC-It is for the people", I was totally infatuated with the service from this company, and for the most part, still am. This epinion has to do with the "technical support" I received from People...

Pros: Low monthly fee, no problems connecting to net
Cons: I haven't found any yet

I have to sing the praises of People PC. Our family has been perfectly content with this ISP. We are in an area of Nebraska that doesn't have the option of a free internet service provider.

I have checked out many of the free ISP's that I...

Pros:

None

Cons:

Dial up is dead

Technology has come quite a way since the first data was shared between two remote locations. With the infrastructure solidly in place by the mid '90's, ISP's such as AOL, Earthlink and others stomped into the market and brought information to your ...

Pros: less (financially) painful way to get a computer, good service
Cons: none

Have an extra $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Then go computer shopping. Need a computer without sacrificing your children's college education then try people pc.

We got people pc as an alternative to our former service with webtv. Webtv...

Pros: Slow connection gives you a chance to read a novel, or knit.
Cons: Nearly unusable. Incredibly slow, difficult to cancel smoothly. Useless, honestly.

I bet many of you are aware of the People PC advertisements on television that ask you to "stop throwing away $25" on AOL or MSN when you can get the same kind of internet experience with them for half the cost. Sounds nice, right? Well, it would if you ...

Pros: Great Price, Great Service, Very Pleasant & Bright Technical Dept.
Cons: none

Peoplepc is the best deal that we have ever seen. For only $24.95 a month you get three years of unlimited internet access, a 400mhz pc, 15 inch monitor, Norton AntiVirus check, Microsoft Works, Quicken, Speakers, Keyboard, Windows 98, and great...

Pros: They used to be a good value at the old price of $9.95.
Cons: Worthless customer service, less than generous server time-out settings

Yes, PeoplePC used to be a really good deal. They are now not worth the hassle. I'm a fairly patient person when it comes to customer service, but these folks are so bad it can't be overlooked.

The biggest issue with me, was with the new...