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Help Line

Call 616-892-4062 - Allendale & Coopersville customers
Call 616-688-5919 - Drenthe & Zeeland customers

The Help Line is open 24/7.

Help Line Use:

  • The Help Line is for allcom.net users who are having trouble connecting to the allcom.net service, or who are unable to view any web pages once connected.
  • This Help Line is strictly Internet support. All software or hardware questions, contact the vendor who sold you these items.

Please e-mail other internet-only questions to support@allcom.net.

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Installation Instructions

Click here to view instruction for setting up your computer for Internet Dialup access.

Macintosh Users: Click here for installation instructions.

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Acceptable use Policies

Acceptable Use
All traffic originating from an allcom.net subscriber site, including dial-up and other connections shall be for purposes of: research, education, state, local, national government affairs, economic development, public service, conducting business affairs, other personal uses including recreation.

Unacceptable Use
It is not acceptable to use allcom.net so as to interfere with or disrupt network users, services or equipment. Such interference includes, but is not limited to: distribution of unsolicited advertising, propagation of computer worms or viruses and using the network to make unauthorized entry to other computational, informational or communications devices or resources.

Prohibited Activity.
Attempts to compromise system and/or network security - Programs such as packet sniffers, password crack programs, and similar utilities found to be running from a user's account are prohibited. This also includes attempts to hack into non-allcom systems

Sharing of accounts - Sharing of a user's account with another party for purposes of avoiding payment for a second account is strictly prohibited.

Excessive use of system resources - This primarily prohibits the continued usage of a dial-up port to simulate a dedicated connection for the user's home system. Dial-up accounts are designed to provide on-demand access for accountholders, not dedicated connections.

E-Mail abuse - E-mail abuse typically comes in one of three forms; the transfer of a message to unsolicited individuals, the sending of harassing and/or threatening messages to other users, and the forging of e-mail addresses so as to make the e-mail appear to be from another user.

Pirated software - Pirated software is defined as the illegal exchange of software via the Internet for purposes of avoiding the purchase of said software by the individuals involved. This includes most commercial applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Such activities are prohibited by Federal law and are thus not allowed in any form on allcom.net. Such prohibition also includes the unauthorized copying of copyrighted material including, but not limited to, digitization and distribution of photgraphs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources and copyrighted software. The exportation of software or technical information in violation of U.S. export control law is strictly prohibited.

Account holders shall not use allcom.net as the means to stalk others or to post, transmit, or originate any unlawful, threatening, abusive, hateful, defamatory, obscene, or pornographic communication, or any communication where the message, or its transmission or distribution, would constitute or would encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international law.

Allcom.Net shall have broad authority to interpret and apply these Acceptable Use Policies.

Allcom.Net also shall be entitled to modify or amend these policies at any time.

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Virus Alerts

To protect your PC from viruses and worms, updates and patches, available from the Software manufacturers, should be downloaded on a regular basis.

The servers at allcom.net are set to filter out some kinds of spam and viruses that may come through e-mails. This is not a guarantee and we have provided a link to an independent reporting page that gives current information and news about viruses and their fixes.

Click here to see an independent report on current virus and their fixes.

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Viruses and filters:

There are different types of web filtering software available to purchase. To find out more go to any search engine and type “Web Content Filters” or “Web Filtering Software” for many resources on this topic. Computer stores like Best Buy and Circuit City have this type of software available.

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Internet Dictionary

NetLingo.com - Internet Dictionary

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Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to view our Frequently Asked Questions.

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