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Upgrading to 56K (see PDF version!)

A procedure for existing TCS Explorer dial-in users

Every TCS Explorer subscriber should take part in this upgrade as soon as possible. Not only for the tasty speed boost, but also the 33.6K lines will be going away.

UPDATE: The transition period has ended.

As explained in our earlier announcements on stage and screen (and by e-mail, and on the Web, and in the Journal, and...) you must now use the 56K lines to access TCS Explorer.

(Or, restated as a "glass half full" sorta thing, you may now take advantage of the greatly improved, regionwide 56K service! We're excited about it. We hope you are, too. Enjoy!)

PPP Account Name

This is the trickiest part, if that's any encouragement. Set your PPP account name to your complete wap.org e-mail address, including "@wap.org". For example:

jane.member@wap.org

Your password remains the same as before. You can still change it using the Preferences link within the TCS.

Important: our servers have historically been lenient about mistyped account names. The new 56K service cannot be equally forgiving. Incorrect variations would now result in higher operating costs.
A correctly entered account name is all lowercase. It contains no spaces, and it appears different from one's name in real life.

Telephone Number

For best results, select an access number nearest you.

Maryland
Bethesda240-333-0002
Bethesda240-333-9995
Bethesda301-692-2906
Gaithersburg240-364-0005
Gaithersburg240-364-9995
Hyattsville240-737-0002
Hyattsville240-737-9995
Kensington301-946-0437
Kensington301-946-4400
Kensington301-946-6048
Laurel240-646-0012
Laurel240-646-9995
Rockville240-864-0043
Rockville240-864-9995
Silver Spring240-494-0004
Silver Spring240-494-9995
Northern Virginia
Arlington/Alexandria703-797-0093
Arlington/Alexandria703-797-9995
Herndon703-506-0744
Herndon703-834-1905
Herndon703-871-0004
Herndon703-871-9995
McLean/Falls Church703-770-9995
McLean/Falls Church703-970-0000
McLean/Falls Church703-245-0309
Vienna/Fairfax/Reston703-654-9996
Vienna/Fairfax/Reston703-788-0006
  
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.202-266-0055
Washington, D.C.202-454-9995
Washington, D.C.202-756-0827

DNS Server Addresses

For fastest results under Mac OS X, leave the "DNS Servers" field blank. PPP will negotiate an entry appropriate to the location dialed.

This advice may not be feasible under Mac OS 8 or so. If you find that you connect successfully but then cannot locate web sites by name, specify the following DNS servers (in order).

216.194.192.70
216.194.225.70
216.194.192.8

In all cases, leave the "Search Domains" or "Domain" field blank for general use on the Internet.

Good Luck

See also: screen shots for Mac OS X and for Mac OS 9.

That's it! Thanks for helping us complete a swift migration.